Interview with Fifty Cows – fixer for Singing Wells News
…olved with developmental agendas. It doesn’t make sense to have people in Nairobi deciding what the villages need. For example the Nairobi leaders may think a village need clean drinking water when in fact they need better medical care. He is now getting a Masters in International Relations at the U.S. International University in Nairobi. He is focusing on conflict resolution. He wants to be a peace ambassador in Kenya using his childhood experien…
Why “Singing Wells”? News
…good name for our project which aims to preserve, celebrate and share the unique music traditions and heritage of East Africa. More on Kenya’s singing wells BBC World Service video on how the singing wells in the village of Daaba have changed the life of the local community: …
A Year in Review March 2011 – March 2012 News
…we brought 10 musicians from the Batwa communities of southern Uganda to Nairobi to record some of their songs with Kenyan musicians. Here are three examples of the audio from these sessions with video to follow: 1. Tiny Moses, Challenger and DJ, with the Ketebul Musicans, including Bishop and Winyo: 2. Jovah, with Jesse on Piano: 3. Francis Sembagare from Birara Dancers with Jesse from Ketebul Music on Guitar: We hope you are excited by our jour…
More Ketebul voices…Steve reports from the field News
…e Bembe in car number 01, and Maddo on the wheel, Winyo, Pato and I in the air conditioned car number 02, which was equipped with a GPS unit courtesy of Maddo, the chairman or as he prefers to be called “The Leader and The Guide!” The Chairman and owner of GPS 4 and half hours and 322 km later, we made a stop in Voi town for lunch. Everyone had some food apart from Tabu. I have known Tabu since 2005, and I can count the number of times I have seen…