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As well as guitarist and vocalist Justo Osala Omufila and Fanta container percussionist Enos Okola, Shem Tube introduced the original music of Kenya towards the international stage. Performing mainly because Abana Ba Nasery (the Nursery Young boys) through the ’60s and ’70s, Pipe helped to popularize luhya omitubo, a method …

The musical traditions of Kenya were taken to the worldwide stage by guitarist/vocalist Shem Tube and his group Abana Ba Nasery. Led by guitarist/vocalist Pipe, the group presented much of the planet towards the Kenyan custom of omutibo, an uplifting music made by two fingerpicked acoustic guitars and three-part vocal …