Absalom Nyinza, popularly Abbi, is an Afro-jazz and
Afro-fusion
Afrobeats (not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing), or Afro-pop or Afro-fusion (or Afropop or Afrofusion), is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially developed in Nigeria, Ghana, and ...
musician from
Kenya
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. He is backed by the Kikwetu band. He sings in several languages, including
Swahili, English, French, his native
Luhya Luhya or Abaluyia may refer to:
* Luhya people
* Luhya language
Luhya (; also Luyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya.
Dialects
The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are ...
and some other tribal languages.
Abbi started his career in 1993 being a member of
a cappella
''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...
gospel group ''The Boyz'', which was later renamed ''Safari''. He toured the
United Kingdom
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and
Germany
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with the band. Later he was part of
Achieng Abura
Lydia Achieng Abura (died 20 October 2016) was a Kenyan singer who performed Afro-jazz, Afro-fusion, and gospel music.
Life
Achieng Abura was born in Eldoret and held an MSc. degree in Philosophy and Environmental studies. She had one child, a son ...
's band, and toured
Spain
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during that time.
His solo debut album, ''Mudunia'' was released in 2003. At the
2004 Kisima Music Awards
The 2004 Kisima Music Awards featured a newly expanded scheme which aimed to incorporate artists from across East Africa, most predominantly Uganda and Tanzania. It was also a source of controversy when the organisation's CEO Tedd Josiah was awarde ...
he won two categories: ''Best male'' and ''Most Promising artist''. His second album ''Indigo'' was released in August 2007. He has performed at
Festival Mundial
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...
and
North Sea Jazz
The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual festival held each second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. It used to be in The Hague but since 2006 it has been held in Rotterdam. This is because the Statenhal where the festival w ...
festivals in the
Netherlands
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and toured other countries a well. His music has been produced by
Tedd Josiah Tedd Josiah (born 1970) is a music producer from Kenya. He started as a musician, first briefly with the group Ebony Affair before forming a new group, Hart, in 1993.
Early life
The group was disbanded in 1995 and Josiah joined ''Sync Sound Stud ...
of Blu Zebra studios.
He has campaigned for the
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a network of over 11,000 civil society organisations (CSOs) organized in about 58 National Coalitions and in constituency groups of women, youth and socially-excluded people, among others. I ...
. He is among the Kenyan artistes who have been sponsored by the
Alliance Française
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...
in Nairobi.
[Daily Nation, Weekend Magazine, October 30, 2008]
A new Kenyan sound on the way
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References
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Kenyan musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)