Ayub Ogada
Ayub Ogada (Job Seda, Mombasa, Kenya, 1956 - 1 February 2019) was a Kenyan singer and nyatiti player. The nyatiti is a five to eight-stringed plucked lyre played by the Luo people of Western Kenya.
Ayub Ogada was also an actor landing major roles in films including the Academy Award Winning Out of Africa (1985) and Kitchen Toto (1987).
Ogada arrived in the United Kingdom in 1986, and in 1993 recorded the album En Mana Kuoyo on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. Read Full BioAyub Ogada (Job Seda, Mombasa, Kenya, 1956 - 1 February 2019) was a Kenyan singer and nyatiti player. The nyatiti is a five to eight-stringed plucked lyre played by the Luo people of Western Kenya.
Ayub Ogada was also an actor landing major roles in films including the Academy Award Winning Out of Africa (1985) and Kitchen Toto (1987).
Ogada arrived in the United Kingdom in 1986, and in 1993 recorded the album En Mana Kuoyo on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. His music has also been heard on the soundtrack of the 2005 film The Constant Gardener and collaborates with Susheela Raman on several tracks on her "Salt Rain" album, such as "O Rama" . In addition, Ayub Ogada has collaborated with the Afro Celt Sound System on their first and fourth releases.
In 2012 UK guitarist/producer Trevor Warren visited Ayub in Kenya and recorded the album Kodhi:Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada, released on Long Tale Recordings 2015.
Ayub Ogada was also an actor landing major roles in films including the Academy Award Winning Out of Africa (1985) and Kitchen Toto (1987).
Ogada arrived in the United Kingdom in 1986, and in 1993 recorded the album En Mana Kuoyo on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. Read Full BioAyub Ogada (Job Seda, Mombasa, Kenya, 1956 - 1 February 2019) was a Kenyan singer and nyatiti player. The nyatiti is a five to eight-stringed plucked lyre played by the Luo people of Western Kenya.
Ayub Ogada was also an actor landing major roles in films including the Academy Award Winning Out of Africa (1985) and Kitchen Toto (1987).
Ogada arrived in the United Kingdom in 1986, and in 1993 recorded the album En Mana Kuoyo on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. His music has also been heard on the soundtrack of the 2005 film The Constant Gardener and collaborates with Susheela Raman on several tracks on her "Salt Rain" album, such as "O Rama" . In addition, Ayub Ogada has collaborated with the Afro Celt Sound System on their first and fourth releases.
In 2012 UK guitarist/producer Trevor Warren visited Ayub in Kenya and recorded the album Kodhi:Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada, released on Long Tale Recordings 2015.
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Kothbiro
Ayub Ogada Lyrics
Hah
Hahye hahye aye hahye
BIS
Om maam na pum imjya
Kothbiro
Ke luru do ketaa-lha
Om maam pum imjya
Kothbiro
Ke luru do ketaa-lha
Hah
Hahye hahye aye hahye
BIS
Om maam pum imjya
Kothbiro
Ke luru do ketaa-lha
Om maam na pum imjya
Kothbiro
Ke luru do ketaa-lha
Hah
Hahye hahye hahye
Hah
Hahye hahye hahye
Yah yebi tom nuguee
Um kuru tili bare made
Kothbiro
Kem luru do ketaa-lha
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MBARAK ACHIENG, AYUB OGADA
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Gaths Family
@Caroline Wamuyu well girlie ...
Pole sana for not having hered it sooner !!
Such are the times that ordinary Kenyans cannot identify their own to in a loca dialect ,and even worse not even the instrument being played !!!
Igrew up loving the sound of the nyatiti, when only one man played it in the national holidays ralies !!
Could not get enough of it untill it rolled over for another year !!
Always Wondered why there were never more players or songs , when this sound was so revered , and so many seemed to cherish it !!!
Then I heard ayub ,playing this abroad......
Was at least pleased that it was around but still , very far from home !!
Can all the traditional instrument players today stand up and get accounted for !!!
Where is the music we all could not get enough of as kids for our grandkids today !!!!????
Kiss Kata
rain is coming
Kothbiro (rain is coming)
Auma do you hear what I say
The rain is on it's way
Return our cattle home
Yaye the children
What is it that you think you do?
The rain is on it's way r
Return our cattle home.
Bernice Karanja
Deeply emotional vybe, i may not understand the language but this is soo deep and soothing! You got real talent Ayub.
Thanks for a translator here:
Kothbiro (rain is coming)
Auma do you hear what I say
The rain is on it's way
Return our cattle home
Yaye the children
What is it that you think you do?
The rain is on it's way r
Return our cattle home.
Fernando Ochoa
Hace muchos años que escuche por primera vez a Ayub Ogada por la película El jardinero fiel. y no me canso de disfrutar sus notas musicales. fantástico. Incluso encontre un video donde aparece la letra. exquisita.
Malaika Mahlatsi
My mom, Dipuo Mahlatsi, loved this song deeply. We came across it on The Constant Gardener. My mom lost her battle to gastrointestinal cancer two months ago - at the young age of 45. Listening to this song brings back the best memories we shared - including my university graduation ceremony, which she attended just six weeks before she passed away.
I will always love you mama ka. You are the star of the story that I will always tell.
JO1E1
You are love
박정은
@Cacau Aridi ㅔ
Shiru ngethe
I may not have much to tell you....love n light my person
Jacqueline Toussaint
Lots of love❤ sad too lose your mum. 😘😗
Geography & Technology 🌏 জিওগ্রাফি & টেকনোলজি
Watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
Brian Otieno
Translation
Auma be uwinga (Auma do you hear me)
Koth biro (Rain is coming)
Kel uru dhok e dala ( Bring the cows home)
Hah, Haye haye haye haye haye haye
Linda Gitau
This is so so beautiful!
Atekoz Creatives
@Carinita🌷 Auma is just a name of a person