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From darkness to light: The untold journey of musical legend Joseph Kamaru

A younger Joseph Kamaru

Many things have been said about Gikuyu’s veteran pop Benga artist Joseph Kamaru who passed away while undergoing treatment at MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi.

While some described him as the slowly fading pop of Gikuyu artist, others credited him for having paved way for Gikuyu Benga music making it acceptable when many locals hardly appreciated vernacular local music.

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