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  2. Joseph Kamaru - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Kikuyu people - Wikipedia

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    Today, music and dance are strong components of Kikuyu culture. There is a vigorous Kikuyu recording industry, for both secular and gospel music, in their pentatonic scale and western music styles such as "Mathwiti Maigi Ngai!". Cinema. Kikuyu cinema and film production are a very recent phenomenon among the Agikuyu.

  4. Kikuyu, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kikuyu is a town in Kiambu County, Kenya, which grew from a settlement of colonial missionaries. The town is located about 20 km (12 mi) northwest of central Nairobi . It is about 20 minutes from Nairobi via a number of routes, including a dual carriage road , and has a railway station on the Mombasa – Malaba Railway Line.

  5. Music of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenya portal. v. t. e. The music of Kenya is very diverse, with multiple types of folk music based on the variety over 50 regional languages. [1] Zanzibaran taarab music has also become popular, as has hip hop, reggae music, soul, soukous, zouk, rock and roll, funk and Europop. Additionally, there is a growing western classical music scene and ...

  6. Daddy Owen - Wikipedia

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    Owen Mwatia popularly known as Daddy Owen was born on Friday 1, 1982, [1] is a Kenyan contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist and songwriter from Kakamega, Kenya. Owen is the brother to Kenyan Award-winning gospel musician Rufftone. He is a member of the Kenya Assemblies of God Church, Buru Buru, Nairobi and is signed to Beats & Blessings family.

  7. Henrie Mutuku - Wikipedia

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    Mutuku was born in Nairobi in 1978, the firstborn with three brothers to Mr. and Mrs. Mutuku. She grew up in the Eastlands, a densely populated area in Nairobi inhabited by generally low income residents, and from a very young age was exposed to a diverse range of music styles including R&B, Reggae, Rap, Benga, Lingala and other African blends ...

  8. Mugithi - Wikipedia

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    Mugithi. 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 ...

  9. Ngai - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Ngai (also called Múrungu or Enkai) is the monolithic Supreme God in the spirituality of the Kikuyu (or Gikuyu) and the closely related Embu, Meru and Kamba groups of Kenya, and the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania. [1] Ngai is the creator of the universe and all in it. Regarded as the omnipotent God, [2] the Kikuyu, Embu, Meru, Kamba and ...

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