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Band Kadori - Huruma Passie

from Spotlight on Kenyan Music Vol​.​3 by Various Artistes

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Band Kadori (meaning children of Dori in Luo) was originally formed by the late Ochieng' Kabasellah in the 1970s with his brothers. The founder was jailed in the mid 1980s by the Nyayo Regime for composing uncongenial songs. The brothers Philemon Omondi, Barrack Odindo and Joseph Onyango continue the family's musical legacy as one of Benga's most popular groups. Their music presents a hybrid of traditional Luo Benga with Congolese rumba. Hurumba Passie (meaning Huruma Ghetto in sheng (a mix of English, Kiswahili and ethnic languages) starts with a love ballad in Luo and shifts to a word of caution in Kiswahili for those venturing to Nairobi's infamous Huruma Estate.

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Ekindego kane wawuotho e town kawamako luetwa ka jarateng ma America
Ji ne wuoro ni mae ndalo ja hera Awino chieng na timni ango
bi inena bi inena, Akinyi yawa di po kikonyo ngimana
Lando jaber Akinyi yoh, in kende Rachael mama
Kane wawuotho kwamako luetwa ka wa sungu ei
Boma ji nene wuor, chuo ne rango gi go machemo gi tuomore ni Tup-Tup Tup-gi neno nyako
Bere mari kende gi hera mari ketho wiya nyaka sahi
Ahah Awino to an atim angowa mama
Bi inena bi inena, Akinyi yawa di po kikonyo ngimana
Berni kende Akinyi yoh kalando mami ohingo awacha

Labatiki mabe kadori masanga tucheze muziki ya
Bana Kadori
Nairobi yote dunia mobimba
Bana basemba sema na bana opoga, bana tetemeka tu baksikia
Huruma passie, huruma mobimba, Huruma ghetto, Huruma diambo, Huruma kona
Uchunge sana usipotezesaa pamoja na kiatu
Kuna vijana oh, hatari corner wana kutagea we upite salama naukizubaa

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from Spotlight on Kenyan Music Vol​.​3, released January 1, 2007

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