On a Tuesday night in May, I braved Nairobi’s grinding traffic to make my way downtown to a venue called the Igiza Lounge. Perched on the second-floor balcony of the stone-clad Kenya National Theater, ...

Professional music therapy does not replace these traditions; it curates them within ethical and clinical frameworks.

In the summer of 2024, protests in Kenya against an unpopular tax-raising proposal led to at least 60 deaths, mostly at the hands of police, according to a local watchdog group. Undeterred, scores of ...

When two-time Grammy Award winner Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems arrives in Nairobi this weekend her energy will not only be focused on headlining her first ever show in Kenya, but she ...

The Nairobi entertainment scene is arguably one of the most vibrant and diverse in East Africa. Interestingly, hoods within the city are distinctly identified with a particular genre of music, ...

Renowned Rwandan choir, Ambassadors of Christ Choir, has announced their next mission trip to Kenya, where they will perform as guest artistes at a major gospel celebration in Nairobi.The choir will ...

NAIROBI — The election jams play at nightclubs and on YouTube, at gas stations and on the minibuses speeding through traffic. Ahead of Kenya’s presidential election on Tuesday, the catchy songs are an ...

When John Ouko walks the green, leafy paths of the Nairobi Arboretum, he sees thousands of tiny signs of hope for a tree that had been cut to the point that Kenyans feared they might lose it—the ...

Winners High Peak Junior Academy perform a poem on Central Bank of Kenya at the 91st edition of Kenya Music Festival at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology during the gala event graced ...

In the Kenyan capital, Mexican culture is everywhere, from television to music to restaurants. A primer on the latest global mash-up. By Jillian Keenan On New Year’s Eve, as people around the world ...