The beat goes on at music, dance conservatoire, decades later

Violin teacher Timothy Muritu (left) teaches his student Betty Wanjiru how to play the violin. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

In a room on the first floor of the Kenya Cultural Centre in Nairobi is a wooden cupboard with an old file stacked with yellowing papers. The centre has stood the test of time, traversing the colonial era to the post-colonial age and still going strong.

The papers in near-tatters bear words keyed in with old typewriter. The words chronicle the journey of the Kenya Conservatoire of Music, which recently marked 75 years since its inception.