MARZO, Elan; DUPORT, Olivier; ÅHNEBRINK, Carl (eds.)
Flee Issue #1. Benga Music, A Signature Genre from Kenya

This first issue of Flee magazine is about the Kenyan music genre Benga, coming with a vinyl with songs and remixes of them from Daniel Owino Misiani, the C.K. Jazz Band and Migori Superstars. The magazine features essays and interviews about the genre with the musicologist Douglas Paterson, an essay from Emmanuel Mwendwa about the origins of Benga, the artists Ondi Madete perspective on growing up with it and an essay from the Flee group on Benga seen under a view of “cultural globalization.”

Published by FLEE, 2017
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