Benga Beat

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1987

Label: Carthage Records

"Shirati Jazz are the greatest exponents of Benga (...) It originated in Kenya (...) The texts are based on praises of individuals and leaders who have done good work in the community and whose examples need to be emulated. (...) The words are sung in Luo with occasional lines in Swahili."

Recorded at the Firehouse Studio on 11th February 1987
Originally released on World Circuit WCB003
Jacket made in Canada