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AYUB OGADA - KOTH BIRO
On the fifth day of the eighth month of 2016, a crowd in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marveled at the soothing sounds of 'Koth Biro,' a hit song by the late Ayub Ogada, as its waves collided with their ears.
On the fifth day of the eighth month of 2016, a crowd in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marveled at the soothing sounds of 'Koth Biro,' a hit song by the late Ayub Ogada, as its waves collided with their ears.
Both black and white ears are alike. For the first time in Twitter history, Ayub Ogada's name, along with his song, topped the #trending list. As the event was broadcast live around the world, more ears perked up, mouths dropped open, and eyes widened.
'Koth Biro' pierced the air, maneuvered through the dense Kodera forest, and scaled Got Ramogi and sailed through Lake Victoria in order to reach more ears, comfort wandering souls, and sell the name of a Luo Legend. The Luo Way of Life. The Kenyan culture.
The name, songs, and face of Ayub Ogada, born Job Seda, show that a prophet is not valued in his homeland. Call them Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and Exhibit C if you want. Ogada was born in Mombasa, originally from Nyahera, Kisumu,
and spent the next 15 years of his life in Chicago beginning at the age of six. He performed at numerous events while abroad and was mostly booked out.
Later, he moved to Kenya, perfected his mother tongue, and performed his songs in an open space near Lake Victoria, where he hoped his music would make more sense and relate to indigenous audiences, but in vain.
Ayub rose to prominence in Kenya on the day his "hit song" was played at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, when Keino, a former Kenyan athlete, received the Olympic Laurel Award in 2016. His celebrity, however, did not last long, as the sun set on him on an evening in 2019.
Ogada connected spiritually and deeply to his music with his talented fingers and eight-stringed Nyatiti. On his last day, he asked his wife to prepare goat meat, which he never ate. Instead, he asked her to keep it for the people who would be attending his funeral.
According to one of Kenya's leading newspapers, he said, "If I sleep, I will never wake up."
He went for a walk around his house. And then collapsed, never to stand again.
His voice can still be heard in various media outlets.
'Koth Biro' Ogada, Long Live!
Your name is still on our list. Because your voice has already established a legacy that will not die,
His voice can still be heard in various media outlets.
'Koth Biro' Ogada, Long Live!
Your name is still on our list. Because your voice has already established a legacy that will not die,
it has been published on a variety of digital platforms.
You are, in some ways, more present than the living man.
You are, in some ways, more present than the living man.
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