John Nzenze
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Kenya |
| aha enyere | John |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Nzenze |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1940 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Muthurwa |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 30 Mee 2020 |
| asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye egwu |
John Nzenze (1940 - 30 Mee 2020) bụ onye egwu si Kenya.[1] Ọ na-egosipụta ụdị ịgba egwú twist.[2] Ụfọdụ n'ime abụ ya kachasị ewu ewu bụ "Angelike" (nke e wepụtara na 1961), "Julieta Rudi Tuone" na "Habari za Nairobi" (Nairobi twist Ир).[2][3]
Ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]O sitere n'ebo Luhya na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ nke Kenya. Nzenze gara ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị St Peter. Ọ malitere iji ụbọ akwara nna ya na-akpọ egwu mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na abụọ, mana mgbe ọ matara oge ole ọ nọrọ na-akpọ ya, nna ya rere ụbọ akwara ahụ. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Norfolk Hotel na Nairobi. N'oge ahụ, ya na Daudi Kabaka sonyeere, onye ya na ya dekọrọ egwu atọ - "Safari Tanganyika", "Bachelor Boy" na "Nyumba za Tobacco". Ọ bụ Jambo Records wepụtara egwu ndị a wee bụrụ ndị a ma ama.[2]
Ọ gara Japan, Britain na mba dị iche iche dị n'ọwụwa Anyanwụ Afrịka. N'afọ 1968 ọ nọchitere anya Kenya na All African Music Festival na Algeria, na-emecha na onye nke atọ. N'ihi ya, onye isi ala Jomo Kenyatta nabatara ya na ndị otu Air Fiesta Matata ya, Emperor Haile Selassie kpọrọ ya ka o mee ihe ngosi na Ethiopia.[2] N'afọ na-esote, ndị otu ahụ so Miles Davis rụọ ọrụ na Germany, onye nwere mmasị n'òtù ahụ ma hazie njem America. N'afọ 1971, BBC World Service nyere ha onyinye Best Band in Africa Nzenze hapụrụ otu ya n'afọ 1972, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ gara na-eme ihe nkiri mgbe niile na ndị njem nleta na Panafric Hotel ma mesịa kpọọ egwu na ụgbọ mmiri ndị njem nlegharị anya.[4] Ka ọ na-erule afọ 2009, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Westlife Club na Kakamega, ọ ka na-eme egwu n'oge ọnwụ ya.[3] Ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye otu ụlọ ọrụ nke Music Copyright Society of Kenya.[3]
N'afọ 2009, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị ọsụ ụzọ anọ nke Kenya na-eme ihe ngosi nke onye isi ala Mwai Kibaki nyere ya onyinye Head of State Commendation. Ndị ọzọ bụ John Katana (onye ndú egwu Them Mushrooms), David Ndung'u na Conrad Karukenya (aka Tiger Power).[3]
Nzenze nwụrụ na 30 Mee 2020, otu ọnwa mgbe a wasịrị ya afọ.[1]
Ebensidee
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wanjohi (30 May 2020). Legendary Kenyan Twist Singer John Nzenze is Dead. Mwakilishi.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "obit" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Daily Nation, 14 June 2009: At 70, Nzenze still holds on to his guitar
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Daily Nation, 5 June 2009: Three sing their way to glory
- ↑ The Guardian, 27 July 2001: 'If I didn't save this music no one else would'
Njikọ mpụga
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- John Nzenze discography at Discogs
- John Nzenze na IMDb