The Elephant gives a preview of the Shades of Benga book, the history and the spread of Kenyan music as well as the role of media...
The Elephant gives a preview of the Shades of Benga book, the history and the spread of Kenyan music as well as the role of media...
A Conversation with Musician and Artivist Ndungi Githuku
How musicians are using there talent to change the world.
“You cannot sing African music in proper English.” – Fela Kuti Now, more than 40 years later, it might be difficult to imagine that Kenyan Benga...
The Elephant podcast on protest songs.
Grassroots activism by Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Kasabuvu and a deteriorating local economy were among the reasons why the idea for a roundtable conference was first...
Meru, Kenya – OILING THE WHEELS OF COMMERCE IN THE 19TH CENTURY The American explorer William Chanler set up base in the Nyambene Range in 1893. He...
Meru, Kenya – LATE MATURING PROBLEM CHILD Once the real archipelago of peace in the vaunted ‘island of stability,’ the Coast has become Kenya’s problem child. Formerly...
