- Tony Nyadundo
Tony Nyadundo was born in the lakeside area of
Kenya . Middle aged man from theluo community, the man has a vast talent in local music."Ohangla " (Music from the lake region) He is now branded the king of ohangla. Tony is one of the Kenyan musicians who are making it big because of music, his brother Jack Nyadundo who is also a musician of the same genre is also making it wide in the music sector.Tony is recognised for his hits like, dawa ya mapenzi, Obama and many more hits. He has performed in various countries e.g. Germany, USA.
In 2006 he released album "Obama". The name is reflection of
Barack Obama , the US senator whose father is from the same region as Nyadundo [The Standard, August 25, 2006: [http://www.propertykenya.com/news/021498-tony-nyadundo-ohangla-king.php Tony Nyadundo, Ohangla King] ] .At the
2007 Kisima Music Awards he won the traditional music category for [ [http://www.kisimaawards.co.ke/kminner.asp?cat=winners07 Kisima Awards winners 2007] ] . He was among 100 most influential Kenyans as selected byThe Standard newspaper in August 2007 [The Standard, August 21, 2007: [http://www.eastandard.net/arts.php?topic=375&img_topic=376 100 most influential Kenyans] ] [ The Standard, August 21, 2007: [http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973204 100 most influential Kenyans - Entertainment] ] .References
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