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Vana Va Yengo

by Simila

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The streams of Givudemesi were a constant source of life. Except when they were dry. And they have been dry for a while. So we went away, hoping to find other streams, hoping to stay alive. But we died along the way, and now the music we carried is all that lives on.

Va yengo means those belonging to the homeland.

Inspired by the coastal sounds of Kenya, it is a lamentation, sung in Lurogori (maragoli), a luhya dialect. It speaks of the struggles that people of the homeland have gone through.

lyrics

Avana va yengo, ku kwanang'ana
Kwatsia mtsisukuru, kwavita vurahi,
Kukinang'ana,
Vana Va Yengo, Mbe ni riverera
Mumenyi amaisha ginyu,
Si mwenyi kuhula agange,
Avana va yengo, kwanang'ana.

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released October 21, 2019

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Simila Kenya

Legend has it that upon his birth, Simila hummed his cry. And it happened to be in such good pitch that it was writ right at that moment, he was meant to heal and uplift with his music.
And so he weaves sounds and characters, ambiences and vibrations, in his quest for his true source, and the origin of the music that plays ever so constantly in his inner worlds.
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