Zilizopendwa: Students reminisce on the old good days at music fete

Students perform during the Kenya National Music Festival at Dedan Kimathi University in Nyeri County. [George Orido, Standard]

The Zilizopendwa class lived to its billing as students mounted brass and wind instruments to bring the yesteryear in Benga and Lingala music to life at the ongoing annual Kenya National Music Festival in Nyeri.

Young musicians from secondary schools took centre stage to a full house given the Zilizopendwa music also rendered as Arrangement of African Pop music.