Cashmere Guest Mixes Weaving a Rainbow w/ KMRU & Chef Kabui 07.08.2024

In this one-off show KMRU and Chef Kabui meet for the first time. Though belonging to different generations, both grew up in the same parts of Nairobi with relatives in Murang’a county. The title of the show “Weaving a Rainbow” refers to an essay (https://www.chefkabui.com/blog-1) Kabui wrote in 2022 about KMRU’s grandfather, the famous Kenyan benga musician Joseph Kamaru. Four years earlier the artist died, —or, to use the Gĩkũyũ phrasing, “fell asleep”. Alongside creating his own music, KMRU has since archived and re-issued the music of his grandfather (https://josephkamaru.bandcamp.com), or of “guka” (Gĩkũyũ for “my grandfather”) as he refers to him. For Kabui, as for many other Kenyans, Joseph Kamaru is an incredibly important figure, he explains in his story, “t...

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