Barack Oduor is an Independent Journalist. He has an in-depth interest in politics and governance. He is also an African music archivist. Oduor holds a Diploma in Education and is currently pursuing Bachelors in Mass Media and Communication. He formerly worked as news Correspondent for Nation Media Group.
Although hailed as an astute Luo rumba artiste by music reviewers in newspapers and magazines, few are aware of the musician’s first compositions that were in pure paced benga and why he chose to do almost all his songs again with tunes of rumba.
Tom Mboya died this day, 52 years ago. Today we celebrate his friend, William X Scheinman, an American philanthropist whose grave is decked inside Mboya’s mausoleum.
