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Evolution of Riverwood to digital platform

Riverwood
John Karanja who has worked in the Kenya Film Industry for 19 years Photo: Courtesy

The emergence of River wood as a film industry began in the late 90′s. Before this, the sale and distribution of music on audio cassette was big business.

Musicians like (Joseph) Kamaru, Sam Muraya, Queen Jane and (Peter) Kigia were doing booming business and shops like Kassangas, Nduti One Stop and Kigia’s Music Shop were popular retail outlets for music, among many others.

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