Africa Calling - Ayub Ogada - Kenya

[alisinyayala1]

Ogada,i love ua music sooooooo soothind

[alisinyayala1]

@solitudealwaysam the instrument is called nyatiti from luo nyanza kenya

[solitudealwaysam1]

What is the instrument called that the singer is playing. I'm desperately trying to find it!!!! I want one soo bad. I love African music, I create classical piano music, and I have a 4 string African Harp, and I LOVE IT AND WANT MORE TO ADD!!! I love AFRICA!!!

[luokendgi]

This is some jumbled up Luo can only pick a few words but it does NOT flow



[MrAraucario]

Magnifique !!!! Merci !!!!!

[kochfest1]

One of the greatest musician of our time, very great stuff

[kochfest1]

One of the greatest musician of our time, very great stuff

[BenGgetsMoney]

what is he singing? i mean the lyrics... ovinchi erro?

[wamwaneriri]

Jatelo ber kabisa.

[morsagalactica]

pure TALENT!!! thanks god for Africa culture.

[ThePalloti]

ASANTA AYUB!!! NYASAYE NAWE!!!

[CAMLESH1]

THAT'S TRUE AFRICAN MUSIC

[Dionschay]

this guy loves cows ehehehehe!

[ianrkav]

Eden Project Cornwall. Thought it was:-)

[ianrkav]

Where was this concert filmed? What's the location anyone?

[odanisca]

Muy bella me encanta esta musica 5* !!!!!!!!!!! OMG so good

[domyaska]

bellissima !! grazie !! thanks a lot for sharing !!!

[MAORIBOY1983]

lets get this done!!! good work song =) greetings from new zealand!!! kia ora

[clairenunavut]

i love this musician!

[verityandstu]

First heard Ayub on Tony Levin's World Diary album - something life-giving about the music!

[CushiticSomalianMale]

@verityandstu

you might be right.. but remember Luo is not the only tribe in Africa that uses this instrument, because this instrument was used by my ancestors in Somalia, and us Somalian in south-Somalia near the border with Kenya, we still use this instrument in times of celebrations in Somalia.. besides we cal this instrument, Gantal and Shareero.. 2 names for it... but it means the same..

[leftysergeant]

@CushiticSomalianMale It is also the royal instrument of the Baganda kings and appears as the obukano and litungu among other tribes in Kenya and Tanzania. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, it is the "k'rar," but is usually played by strumming all the strings at once with the right hand while blocking all but one or two with the left. In Arab countries, it is the simsimiyah. It apparently originated in Sumeria as did most African stringed instruments aside from the fiddles (masenko and segaba.0

[CushiticSomalianMale]

@leftysergeant well some things i agree with.. but the instrument originated in the Nile Valley = Africa not Sumeria... but the Sumerians got incfluenced by kemetians=ancient egyptians, Nubians and Cushites = my peoples = all Hamitic peoples.. so again i agree with some things you had to say, it seems you done your homework son... but dont try to distort obviouss historical facts.. ok

Later

[leftysergeant]

@CushiticSomalianMale Not supported by archaeological evidence. There is evidence of the lyre and lute in Sumeria before they reached Egypt, roughly 2000 years before the appear in the Egyptian records. It deies all logic that they would appear over such a great distance and leave such a surprising gap. Sounds like someone concocted a myth about as great as that of Aryan cultural superiority. Clearly, African peoples did develop musically a lot faster than Europeans.

[LanguageLuo]

GROUND

Business and money can turn Luo Culture into an international piece of circus.

1. A harp that is not placed and played ONLY on the GROUND is not NYATITI. It is not Luo Culture.

2. The NYATITI is a Luo sacred instrument that obeys very STRICT rules among which are the fact that its player must play (touch) it only if he is SITTING on a special stool called "kom janyatiti". This chair is so sacred that it is always wrapped and carried around with great care and respect.

[anosognosico]

please add the title of this song to description!

Wa Winjigo Ero

thanks for sharing this video!

[lisettelarkin]

Apwoyo maber! Lubanga omiyi gum-

[DUNKOFDEATH34]

great song ,greetings from Luo of Uganda

[musettee1111]

I LOVE this guy's music!

[dbadagna]

You should add the name of this instrument: nyatiti -- in your tags for this video so people looking for this Kenyan musical instrument can find this video.

[telewheels]

This is a great song, and he is very gifted ... I heard that he wen back to live in Kenya and gave up commercial music. Shame ... this is excellent.

[polopiach]

Ayub Otoyo.............

[gamclam]

thank you realworld

thank you WOMAD

thank you peter gabriel

ayub ogada is a genius, his album is fantastic

[ianrkav]

@gamclam What's the album called?

[gamclam]

@ianrkav the album called "en mana kuoyo" it's fantastic, really

[ianrkav]

@gamclam I shall buy it from itunes. Thanks. He is a fantastic musician. I first heard him when I watched the film 'The Constant Gardner,' just a few days ago, and I had to know who the singer was. This really is soul re-generating life giving music.

[gamclam]

@ianrkav you right, you are going to make a good travel with this album, I discovered him on Geoffrey Oryema's album (amazing artist too, I recommend it to you, if you don't know) in the song "hard labour" very very fantastic too, and He also participated to the Afro Celt sound system's albums, in particulary in the song called "Ayub song"...good luck.

[morsagalactica]

@ianrkav "En Mana Kuoyo" the albums name.... bye!!!!

[ianrkav]

@morsagalactica Ok thanks. I will buy it from itunes:-)

[missysweetkissy]

We had to know about him at music class .. but never heard annything of his music .. damn he is good ..

[SatyagrahaFaithLove]

This song is unbelievably lovely and bursting with energy! :)) I love these musicians-they are so gifted☻♥☺

[armadrum]

Awesome! Good music!

[Jauriri9]

Beautiful Luo sounds!

[andylowings]

Eden Project was the Africa Calling location of LIVE8.

Ayub is in Nairobi. You could do well by sending him your kind comments on his great voice and music.

[KRISHNARAJIYENGAR]

anywhere I could get his contact?

[Jean2291]

Wa Winjigo Ero! Wish I would have been at Africa Calling.

[angelinaadega]

Love Luo music, the nyatiti sounds too good to be true :) :)

[funktech]

holy sound...like this so much!!

[PantheraAtrox]

Beautiful sweet sound! This music flows from the heart, love it.

[srilankan1982]

awesome .love it man , thanks 4 posting it

[jucafii]

a musician that's hard to find.

i have one record from him, this one.

this is the only video from him I've ever seen...

what happened to Ayub Ogada?

he's great !

[Jamiecrai]

on what instrument hes playing?

[GiobbiT]

Nyatiti

[mazomo]

Sounds from the cradle of all mankind. The luo are notable in their unique culture, astute in todays world of giving voice to those who perpetrate hate. long live sons of Ramogi, Raila, Obama, Tony Nyadundo, Diop, luo deng. amosi

[hug1up]

Africa is calling, Calling for me.

ifika(dot)net

[Blackiechan2008]

I love this song!

[laqgfan123]

I love this song and play it on and on....

[HallyMcIlrath]

How amazing. Thank you.

[FM1967]

Beautiful, I have no words. Otherwise, Ayub looks like Samuel L. Jackson's twin brother :D

[tulikaseth]

lovely lovely, thanks to whoever posted it.

[arina8]

Nade! Jalou and wa-Kenya and the rest an the world. Profet the messenge throw IT, Ayub Ogada Devolution of power is the next step for kenyans godbless throw our culture.

[kgandtheband]

Nice stuff. East Africa mambo Moto......

I have never seen this guy play but I loved his music for a while. thanks for the video.....

[wendysam]

very cool ! love it

[makinnen1]

One of my favorite singers!. greetings from Nicaragua

[Stillyouturnmeon]

beautiful

[ericphi1]

I suppose it's a WOMAD festival in Bath, UK

[clairemcb]

The Eden Project is in Cornwall.

[ericphi1]

Yes, I saw that after. I also had the confirmation that it was recorded during at the "Eden Project" in Eden, Cornwall.

Thanks for this video.

[SalvaKiir]

sorry the eden project isn't in london actually

[BryoBryo]

nice, where was this performance staged?

[SalvaKiir]

it looks like it was held at the eden project in london