Kenya Special

Selected African Recordings From The 1970s And 1980s

Soundway

Kikuyu ‘liquid soul’, Luo benga with its rat-tat-tat beat and layered guitars, Swahili afrobeat, Congolese rumba, plus influences from SA and Zambia, disco and funk, coastal rhythms like chakacha. Mostly from 45s.

• The Loi-Toki-Tok - Ware Wa
• The Rift Valley Brothers - Mu Africa
• Slim Ali, The Famous Hodi Boys - Watoto Nyara
• The Mombasa Vikings - Mama Matotoya
• The Lulus Band - Ngwendeire Guita
• Mbiri Young Stars - Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe
• Gatanga Boys Band - Wendo Ti Mbia
• Orchestre VeStar - Nitarudia
• Hafusa Abasi, Slim Ali, The Yahoos Band - Sina Raha
• DO 7 Band - H.o. Ongili
• New Gatanga Sound - Thoni Na Caki
• The Lulus Band - Nana
• Nashil Pichen, The Eagles Lupopo - Ng'ong'a Wa Mwanjalo
• Orchestre Baba National - Sweet Sweet Mbombo
• Afro 70 - Cha-Umheja
• Peter Tsotsi Juma, The Eagles Lupopo - Kajo Golo Weka
• The Lulus Band - Mutumia Muriu
• Sophia Ben, The Eagles Lupopo - See Serere
• The Loi-Toki-Tok - Leta Ngoma
• Orchestre Super Volcano - Mngeni Mali Yare Yore
• The Rift Valley Brothers - Tiga Kurira
• Kalambya Boys - Kivelenge
• Huruma Boys Band - Teresia
• Gatanga Boys Band - Keep Change Kairitu
• The Famous Nyahururu Boys - Mwendwa
• The Eagles Lupopo - Pelekani
• Ndalani 77 Brothers - Nzaumi
• Afro 70 - Afrousa (Move On)
• Nairobi Matata Jazz - Tamba Tamba
• Kiratu And His Group - Yanagiria Kayo
• Afro 70 - Week End
• The Mombasa Vikings - Kibe Kibe
• LP
• The Loi-Toki-Tok - Ware - Wa
• Slim Ali And The Famous Hodi Boys - Watoto Nyara
• Orchestre Baba National - Sweet Sweet Mbombo
• Gatanga Boys Band - Wendo Ti Mbia
• Hafusa Abasi And Slim Ali with The Yahoos Band - Sina Raha
• Nashil Pichen And The Eagles Lupopo - Ng'ong'a Wa Mwanjalo
• Nairobi Matata Jazz - Tamba Tamba
• The Lulus Band - Ngwendeire Guita
• Mbiri Young Stars - Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe
• The Lulus Band - Nana
• Afro 70 - Week End
• The Rift Valley Brothers - Mu-Africa
• DO 7 Band - H.O. Ochiri
• Afro '70 - Cha-Umheja
• Peter Tsotsi Juma And The Eagles Lupopo - Kajo Golo Weka
• New Gatanga Sound - Thonia Ni Caki
• Sophia Ben And The Eagles Lupopo - See Serere
• Kalambya Boys - Kivelenge
• The Loi-Toki-Tok Band - Leta Ngoma
• Huruma Boys Band - Theresia
• Orchestre Veve Star - Nitarudia
• The Mombasa Vikings - Mama Matotoya
• Bonus 7
• The Lulus Band - Mutumia Muriu
• Ndalani '77 Brothers - Nzaumi