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…during a state visit to Uganda and they were also recorded in 2012 for the BBC’s World Routes album, presented by ethnomusicologist Lucy Duran. Their performance was described by Sounds and Colours as an ‘instrumental extravaganza’. The success of this group comes from Watmon’s love for his musical heritage and his desire to keep it alive. He started this group as a way to continue performing Acholi traditional dancing that he had learnt from his…
Day Five: Ilesi, Khayega to Kisumu Story
…d the song tells people to come toward the smell and honour the man. Don’t run from this, confront it and honour his memory. The Mayo Procession – this is about bullfighting. The songs include: Lukumili: This is about the moment the horns lock between the two fighting bulls and the context really begins. Ing’ombe: This is about the bulls (I can’t read my handwriting here!) Iminyi: This is a type of bird that hides in roofs and is difficult to find…
Group 8: Abutazi Story
…on vocals and inanga, with Samy on percussion. The style of singing is a Burundian style of singing from the back of the throat, sounding almost like a whisper at times. very mesmeric. The song is about visitors who come and stay the whole night. Inanga solo – this is exactly what it says on the tin, we lost the drums and hiphop and Nkubana let the inanga do the talking. It was beautiful. Recording order Agahinda and Inanga Agahinda and Inanga tak…
Day 1 – Saturday 1st July 2017 Story
…tree) and poch ondero (fig tree); ‐ Trees used or arms and head of the instrument – powo, siala (vernacular names, corresponding Latin and/or English names TBC); ‐ Dispute over which part of the region the instrument first originated in – South Nyanza or Central Nyanza; ‐ Discussion on the nyatiti gender taboo (whether a woman is or is not traditionally allowed to play the nyatiti and the reasons why); ‐ Mention of a Cultural Festival which takes…
Day 9 – Sunday 9th July 2017 Story
…idea of instrument comparison remained and was reintroduced through an instrument comparison forum held on day 8 at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi. We compared five instruments as follows, each represented by a master musician: Nyatiti – represented by Samson Otieno of Bomas of Kenya; Obokano – represented by Dominic Ogari; Litungu – an 7 string traditional lyre from the Luhya community, represented by Jackson Ingosi (Ingosi Junior); Kodo – rep…
Bigilia Group Group
…Bonanza Nataka Kusema: Includes a song with Leo, which is ‘I want to say’ Utalikologa Utalinywa: If you mix it, you will drink it. Kiingereza (English) This is Leo’s song from his album, Bangili (bangles)…
Conclusion: Challenges and Recomendations Story
…ruments; Preparation of the material used to attach the bridge; Final construction and assembly of the instrument. All of these stages are evidently impossible to do and/or film in one day, and we had to therefore substitute the demonstration of some of them with their description in an interview. If we had done detailed preparations for the field and a recce, we could have informed the makers of all the stages we wish to record and have them prep…
Group 3: Makanyaga Abdul Story
…n de Dieu – singer Lutagengwa Francoise – singer and dancer Songs we heard today: Urukundo rurambuye – meaning Endless Love, a love song Garuka Susanna – meaning Come back Susanna, also a love song about a lost love, Susanna. Gikundiro – meaning Someone Loved Hashize Iminsi – about lost love. It’s been a long time looking for and waiting for my love but never seeing her. Ngwino Mukunzi – meaning Come my Love Nagera Muri Bari – meaning When I get t…
Day Two: February 17, 2020 (Stonetown) Story
…leader, on violin, Kheri Mizaka Aliy on African Bass, Makame Ali Juma on drum, Buruhami Makame Haji on 2nd drum, Mgeni Seleiman Makame on sticks, Said Ame Othman on shakers, Aikazija Abdala Ame -dancer, Mirianaharus Juma Hamis – dancer. All sang but Mohamed Othman Faki was lead singer. Sanduku , the bass, was a homemade bass made of a large box with a small hole cut out in the front. It had a large stick which the player held perpendicular to th…
Day Three: 9 March 2022 (Kisumu) Story
…Omar Sosa. Olith Ratego again returned to his village in Asere to continue running his late father’s carpentry business and performing music on special occasions. On this live show, Olith Ratego was accompanied by Ben Mukabwa on bass, Fiston Lusambo on guitar with Brian Nyamanga and Thelma Lukachia of the Loko band on percussions and shakers, respectively. Day 3: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 Act Three Artiste: Asego Ensemble Genre: Ohangla Location: D…
Group 4: Urugangaze Ballet Story
…the Ethnographic Museum, where we recorded two groups. The first was the Urugangaze Ballet, a group of 55 performers in total (we saw 21 today). They are all made up of locals of different ages, the furthest being from Nyanza. The group was started in 1991 by Tomas Bazatsinda, and since then has only grown, performing at weddings and ceremonies around Rwanda and even touring France, Libya, Egypt and Germany over the last ten years. While the engi…
Group 6: Sudi Mavenge Story
…was twelve (and indeed was taught by him to play), but who also sings and today he played percussion. Sudi’s other guitarist also used a set of drumsticks as his own percussion, tapping them together for a beat. We recorded the following songs: Ku Minini – this is a story about a boy who loved a girl, but they lived far apart – she was in Ku Minini and he was in Rwesero. The boy wouldn’t choose anyone local but instead would travel far to Ku Mini…
Elgon Ngoma Troupe Group
…the traditional drums of his culture. The Kadodi is made up of a big bass drum, a solo drum played with a stick, a rhythm drum played with hands, a smaller high pitched drum and a shaker. From two members of his group, they became a band of 12 players. They named themselves the Elgon (the local mountain) Ngoma (generic term for drums) Troupe and starting in 2009 played all sorts of functions that would bring money in to support the band members, a…
Kochia Traditional Dancers Group
…ntless national celebrations and holidays, private events, as well as internationally as part of the Folklife Festival in the UK and in the USA at the Smithsonian Folk Festival. As well as this they are determined with their performance to preserve the incredible Ramogi dancing, a mainstay of traditional Luo culture. Ramogi was the patriarch of the Luo people, and this centuries-old dance is performed by mature men to beseech his spirit to possess…
Ayub Ogada Group
…oose to bump into frequently is that of Ayub Ogada, probably the most internationally acclaimed Kenyan musician, whose use of the nyatiti in different musical genres is both original and pertinent for our Masters of the Nyatiti story. We spent the day at his home in Nyahera location, not far from Kisumu town, and conducted a long yet free of form type of interview. Although a Luo himself, Ayub had never learned how to play the nyatiti in a traditi…
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