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Kalamashaka’s Tafsiri Hii was more than a song, it was game changer

Kalamashaka in action during their heydays

NAIROBI: The socially conscious music captured the frustrations of an entire generation of young people locked away in urban ghetto squalor. It embodied their aspirations of escaping poverty to seek a better life despite being born on the wrong side of town.

Kalamashaka influenced the urban fashion scene with their military and revolutionary street wear that drew its inspiration from the Mau Mau Freedom fighters.

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