Music
Ayub Ogada: the nyatiti player whose Kothbiro reached Hollywood
Ayub Ogada, a Kenyan musician, played the nyatiti, an eight-string Luo lyre. His 1993 album En Mana Kuoyo,…
Luo music
Arts + Culture
Benga: the Kenyan guitar sound built on the Luo nyatiti, and its champion D.O. Misiani
Benga, Kenya's best-known popular music, grew from Luo musicians adapting the rhythms of the nyatiti lyre to electric…