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News about Eric Wainaina
Kenyan runners to take part in Singapore marathon
World champion Luke Kibet and three time World Cross Country Champion Edith Masai will compete in next month's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.
The 25-year-old Kibet, who became the first Kenyan in 20 years to win the world title in Osaka last year, set his personal best time of 2:08:52 in Eindhoven in 2006.
Douglas Wakihuri and Eric Wainaina had tried earlier but finished second and third respectively despite the dominance the country has in the 42km event worldwide.
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Source : people.com.cn | 2008-11-21 10:09:31.0
Eric Wainaina the Activist [opinion]
Organisers Zamani couldn't have chosen better than Emin Pasha Hotel on Akii-Bua road, Nakasero for Kenyan musician, Eric Wainaina to showcase his skills. It was worth the while.
Source : Kenya Star | 2008-07-03 16:50:16.0
Kenya: Eric Wainaina the Activist
Organisers Zamani couldn't have chosen better than Emin Pasha Hotel on Akii-Bua road, Nakasero for Kenyan musician, Eric Wainaina to showcase his skills. It was worth the while.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-07-03 16:13:12.0
Uganda: Wainaina's Music Reigned
HE flew first class, courtesy of Air Uganda. It was befitting Eric Wainaina because he had a first-class performance at the exclusive second edition of the Zamani "once upon a time" show at Emin Pasha Hotel.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-07-01 09:25:46.0
Uganda: Kenya's Wainaina Set for Zamani Concert
KENYA'S finest world music star, Eric Wainaina will, for the first time, hold an exclusive, live performance in Uganda at the Zamani Fest, a unique blend of contemporary live African music.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-06-27 13:35:42.0
Wainaina for Zamani Show
It will be an exclusive live appearance when Kenya's world music star, Eric Wainaina, makes his Ugandan debut this weekend. Under the theme "Fire was the Stone" Eric Wainaina and the Mapinduzi band will be performing at The Emin Pasha hotel on Sunday June 29 as part of the Zamani platform.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-06-27 12:56:17.0
Kenya: The Cutting Edge
When almost everybody else was engulfed in the madness sparked by the dispute over last December's presidential election, one Kenyan remained steadfast in his pitch for patriotism and deserves national honours, says Kamau Kabira, lauding singer Eric Wainaina. Kamau adds: "When others threw caution to the wind, Eric's patriotic song rang out loud and clear on all radio stations. And it was very reassuring. He should be considered for the Elder of the Burning Spear award."
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-04-15 00:00:15.0
Kenya: Wainaina - We Championed Peace
When violence erupted after last year's General Election, every radio and TV station played the song, Daima by Eric Wainaina.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-03-22 00:11:12.0
Kenya: Five Questions for Rachael Asiko
Finger and toenail technician and back-up singer with Eric Wainaina's Mapinduzi group.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-01-12 01:01:30.0
New Youth Lobby Sings to Promote Election Peace
According to Eric Wainaina of the Nchi ya Kitu Kidogo fame, Umoja Pamoja is a non-partisan campaign that aims at encouraging positive and issue-based participation of the youth in the elections. The a...
Source : Kenya Star | 2007-11-12 15:15:26.0
Eric Wainaina for Car Beauty Finale
Kenyan Eric Wainaina will perform tomorrow at the grand finale of the Concours d'Elegance. Also in attendance will be Mitch Egwang, the presenter of the Deal, or No Deal MNET TV programme.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-09-29 12:57:05.0
MOBO AND AFRICA
2 Face Idibia lets his MOBO Award for Best African Act fall from his clutches.
The shards of glass on the stage said it all. Indeed, what better symbol of the unsteady relationship between Britain’s most prestigious music awards night and Africa than the shattered trophy at the feet of 2 Face Idibia? Moments earlier the Nigerian singer had been waving it triumphantly at a slightly bemused audience who did not seem to fully comprehend the impact that a MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) Best African Act could have on this rising star. After all, they had just been served up an eclectic helping of headline snatchers like Amy Winehouse, Craig David, the rising R&B star Ne-Yo and Shaggy, who all seemed to take the prizes and adulation into their confident stride. Who was this upstart leaping onto the stage with his fellow-countryman D’Banj? You really had to rummage through the opulent programme to find his name along with the other African nominees, Wambali Mkandawire, D’Banj, Eric Wainaina, Jua Cali and Bebe Cool (it was on the last of 114 pages). And even then, a slip of paper had been stuck onto the original list and arguably the most deserving artist, Wambali, had disappeared from it. Oh, and it was the only category where NO biography was given of the artist.
Yes, as 2 Face tasted his brief moment of glory in front of cameras that relayed it to an estimated audience of 250 million people in 57 countries, the glass MOBO prize slipped from his hands and crashed on the floor. Later, the artist from Benue State, Nigeria, laughed it off by saying he wanted to split the trophy up between him and the other nominees who had made the long trip to the British capital. After all, they had been the only category where the nominees had shown up in full strength, not one had gone AWOL. That was in contrast to the Kanye West’s, Rihanna’s and 50 Cent’s, whose no-shows dampened the enthusiasm of the capacity O2 Arena crowd. The African artists waited politely and patiently at the table reserved for their category as the glitz showered down onto the music superstars who smugly accepted awards in other categories like Best UK Male and Female, Best Hip-Hop, Best Reggae, Best Jazz and Best International (where Senegalese-born Akon was a candidate). Some, like Winehouse, Shaggy and Craig David thrilled their fans with songs that were barely distinguishable, the acoustics at the Arena were so bad. No one had thought to call up the African artists to perform. After all, no one had heard them on BBC Radio One.
And why should they ? This was the 12th annual Awards Show and Africa had not been invited to the party until last year. This time round, MOBO was given a boost thanks to the considerable injection of cash by the African communication company Celtel, which had also organised the voting for the Best African Act award. Yet, there was a distinct feeling of the artists being relegated to the sidelines. Wambali was gutted by his omission from the nominee list (the Malawian had come out of retirement partly as a result of the prize nomination); Bebe Cool criticised the superficial nature of the live performances; and the highly-professional and amiable PR representative from Celtel, Mwambu Wanendeya (an old friend of mine, I hasten to add), was slightly miffed at the atrocious organisation by MOBO and their impersonal exchanges with the African artists that travelled so far for the evening. Not to mention the fact that they were the only nominees who stuck around for the after-disco. The rest must have gone to a private function somewhere else in London.
Craig David and Kano did admit to me that the lack of African representativity had been a mistake in the past, and that they were concerned that it was still not being given the place it deserves at the MOBO. The very name of these awards has been a bit of a non sequitur since it was first cooked up by the flamboyant Kalya West in 1996. It is hard to think of many styles that escape the link between pretty much all the music we hear on the radio/TV/internet and Africa, as Liverpool’s brand-new International Slavery Museum and its Music Desk prove*. Kalya West insisted that Africa HAS been present for years through nominees like Youssou N’Dour and Ladysmith Black Mombaza. But it all seems to be another sorry example of the lip service the West gives to the contributions Africa makes to the world of music to this day. After the Live 8 farce in 2005 (where Youssou N’Dour was the only black African invited to an event designed to raise money for Africa), there is no excuse for relegating African artists to the sidelines. MOBO 2008 should at least have them performing alongside the artists from the African diaspora, and provide much-needed publicity for these emerging artists. And, please, make the trophies out of tougher glass.
There was an interesting aside concerning the aforementioned Craig David. The British singer with over 13 million album sales to his name is bringing out his fourth studio CD on November 12th. Nothing to interest this website so far. That is until he begins explaining that it was mainly done in Cuba “because they have amazing musicians there.” “We wanted to get an incredible horn section and percussion players,” he pursued, before entering the MOBO Award ceremony, “And the whole Buena Vista Social Club story…it was such an evident part when we went over there, of the talent and the calibre of the artists there (sic)… I came back with this REAL energy that wouldn’t have been captured in London, I don’t think. We balanced it out. And I think I made one of my best albums to date.” It’s nice to hear major artists like David waking up to the remarkable music being created outside of the mainstream and pop industries. We can only hope the major outlets in radio and television follow suit.
*Mondomix, the Médiathèque of Belgium and Radio France International created a multi-media programme centred on almost 400 songs and a dozen short films retracing the links between the transatlantic slave trade and music genres that still dominate music worldwide today.
September 2007
Source : mondomix.com | 2007-09-26 19:31:15.0
Kenya: Five Questions to Eric Wainaina
KORA music award winner, 2002, writer, producer and director of musical 'Lwanda'
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-04-02 00:37:58.0