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Bango maestro Mzee Ngala, 86, says he still has a lot to offer

Bango music singer Mzee Ngala, 86, at his home in Frere Town, Mombasa County. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Coast Bango music maestro Mzee Joseph Ngala Katana is a paradox of life. Although he admits to having reaped big from his sixty-year music career, he still maintains an austere life. He lives in an old Swahili house built in the 1960s at Frere Town in Mombasa.

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