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Ayub Ogada | |
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Birth name | Job Seda |
Born | 1956 Mombasa, Kenya |
Died | (aged 63) |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician, actor |
Years active | 1979–2019 |
Labels | Real World Records Long Tale Recordings |
Website | ayubogada |
Job Seda (1956 – 1 February 2019),[1] better known as Ayub Ogada, was a Kenyan singer. He was a singer favoring the nyatiti (an eight-stringed lyre with its origins credited to the Luo, a tribe in Nyanza Kenya) as his characteristic instrument. His music is known to have a natural feel to it, having songs of birds, the calls of animals and the sounds of children playing in the background.[2]
Ayub Ogada was also an actor landing major roles in films including the Academy Award-winning Out of Africa (1985) and Kitchen Toto (1987).