DAY 3: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 Act One Artiste: Peter Akwabi Genre: Omutibo Location: Dunga Hill Camp – Kisumu. Field Notes: We left Khayega for Kisumu at 10:00am and made a quick stop at Kiboswa ‘city’ on our way to the Lakeside city. This historic center, inhabited by the Luo, Luhya and the Kalenjin tribes of…
Now, you’ll notice that the 23rd and 25th are missing. Think driving. And then think a lot more about driving. From Mwanza to Nzali, from Nzali to Nairobi. But we don’t need to waste blog posts on driving, although we did meet every kind and wonderful Tanzanian police officer on the route. They wanted to…
It is February 17, 201b8 and we are assembling in Kisumu to begin our sixth Singing Wells Field Visit in Kenya (12th Field Visit overall). Steve, Patrick, Drix and Kahithe Kiiru have driven up from Nairobi, while Tabu, Jimmy and Hunter have flown in. Jimmy and Hunter flew from London to Nairobi the day before. …
DAY 4: Thursday, 10 March 2022 Act One: Ontitri Bukundo Genre : Obukano Location: Treat House Resort – Rongo Field Notes: It was a smooth drive all the way from Kisumu to Rongo using the newly re-carpeted Katito-Kendu Bay road. We reached our destination in no time, given the vastly improved road network in the…
Sunday, February 18th, 2018: This day is all about the Iteso people and their music. The Iteso are a smaller ethnic community in Kenya but has very distinctive music. In Uganda, they are more Iteso, located in Soroti. Its language is Ateso. The Iteso are Nilotics, one of the people of the Nile. We drove…
Monday, February 19, 2018: Woke up early and drove to Sirisia to record the band Namatete. The band was founded by Weput Khulu Namatete in 1992. He and his friends gradually made instruments and learned to play them while taking care of their cattle. By 1992 they were good enough to call themselves a ‘serious’ band. …
