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Music video. "Mwaki" on YouTube. " Mwaki " is a song by Brazilian DJ and producer Zerb from his third extended play (EP), Surrender (2023). It features Kenyan singer Sofiya Nzau who performs the song in Kikuyu, a language spoken by the Bantu ethnic group native to Central Kenya. [1] ". Mwaki" was released as a single on 10 November 2023 through ...
The Kamaru Supersounds. Musical artist. Joseph Kamaru (1939 – 3 October 2018) was a Kenyan Benga and gospel musician and political activist. He was an icon, a hero, and a leading Kikuyu musician, [ 2] who has sold about half a million records. [ 3] He was notable for his politically motivated songs either praising or criticising the government.
Traditional Kikuyu music has existed for generations up to 1888, when colonialism disrupted their life. Before 1888 and well into the 1920s, Kikuyu music included Kibaata, Nduumo and Muthunguci. Cultural loss increased as urbanization and modernization impacted on indigenous knowledge, including the ability to play the mũtũrĩrũ – an ...
Mugithi music is a form of music originated by the Kikuyu people of Kenya but enjoyed by other ethnic groups within Kenya and even some non-Kenyans in countries with a large Kenyan diaspora such as the United Kingdom. It is usually sung by a single singer and accompanied by guitars (either acoustic or usually quite highly pitched electric guitars).
Career. Sofiya Nzau worked as a street vendor and domestic helper in Thika from 2015 to 2020. After the COVID-19 pandemic reached Kenya, she quit her jobs in December 2020 and became a songwriter. Her husband, a music producer, supported her. She wrote several songs in the Kikuyu language, which she uploaded as sound and language packages on ...
June 29, 2010. Nairobi. Genres. benga music. Jane Nyambura (1964/1965 – June 29, 2010), better known by her stage name Queen Jane was a Kenyan benga musician performing in Kikuyu language. Queen Jane was born in Kangema, Murang'a County. She started her musical career in 1984 as a back up vocalist for Mbiri Young Stars under the band leader ...
Culture of Kenya. The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa. The Luo are the fourth-largest ethnic group (10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (17.13%), the Luhya (14.35%) and the Kalenjin (13.37%). [3] The Tanzanian Luo population was estimated at 1.1 ...
Zerb achieved his mainstream breakthrough in 2023 with the song "Mwaki" featuring Kenyan singer Sofiya Nzau, in which the lyrics are performed in Kikuyu language. Nzau had vocal tracks and packages available for download on various websites and Zerb used her material for the track.