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The rebirth of Luo benga

Maurice Ngoe aka Omondi MC Ngoe, Aluoch Jamaranda and Okach Biggy. [Isaiah Gwengi, couurtesy]

For more than a decade, Ohangla music has been churning out new artists, songs and audiences after being popularized around 1992 by two brothers - Jack and Tony Nyadundo.

Ohangla, which is a growing popular genre among the Luo community, has evolved from a village ritual jig to an urban mass entertainment attracting thousands of fanatics.

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