31 Aug 2016
De ses débuts en tant que musique pour les élites urbaines à son apogée comme l’hymne du mouvement...
Bill Odidi
About
Bill Odidi is a Radio Producer at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) in Nairobi, where he is currently the Head of the English Service Radio. He is also a newsreader on KBC Channel One TV. He has over 10 years’ experience in both print and electronic media, having trained as a journalist in Kenya, India and Egypt. In 2006 he participated in a work experience programme with the BBC Africa Service in London.
He also worked as a presenter and producer for Radio France International on the arts programme Bonjour Culture from 2009 to 2011. He has a weekly column on music and art in the Business Daily newspaper and also writes for various websites including Africareview.com and thisisafrica.me. Bill is also a board member of Ketebul Music, an independent production outfit based in Nairobi and has directed two documentaries: Retracing Kenya’s Funky Hits and Retracing Kenya’s Songs of Social and Political Protest.
Article Contributions
29 Mar 2016
Just after Independence in 1962, Tanzania established itself as the musical powerhouse of East...
15 Feb 2016
Kenya's premier jazz event, the Safaricom Jazz Festival , takes place on Sunday 21 February at the...
14 Dec 2015
Hundreds of recordings by an early generation of Kenyan musicians are currently being returned to...
14 Dec 2015
Kenyan gospel music has never had it so good. Gospel is played on mainstream radio and TV, fans are...
14 Dec 2015
Cameroon has produced some of Africa’s best-known musicians, from Manu Dibango to Richard Bona ,...
27 Oct 2015
1974 was a special year in the career of Kenyan composer, singer and guitarist, Gabriel Omolo. In...
29 Sep 2015
The music business in Kenya underwent a major transformation in the late 1990s. A new generation of...
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