Ayub Ogada - En Mana Kuoyo
1993
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Prior to a lot of travel and his eventual settling in England, Ayub Ogada was a member of the Luo tribe from a wedge of northern Kenya pinched between Uganda and Tanzania. Ogada's music is based on repetitious patterns plucked on the nyatiti, a stringed instrument reminiscent of the lyre. On En Mana Kuoyo (meaning "just sand"), he sings mellifluous, almost hypnotic, and yet ultimately lackadaisical melodies concerning home, his instrument, the weather, and injustice. By way of attempting a subtle fusion of African and European (not to mention urban and rural) styles, Ogada is accompanied by a small ensemble that adds surprisingly little to almost too-pretty songs more alike than not.
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Tracks
01- Obiero
02- Dala
03- Wa Winjigo Ero
04- Thum Nyatiti
05- Kronkronhinko
06- Chiro
07- 10%
08- Ondiek
09- Kothbiro
10- En Mana Kuoyo
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