Videos Of Kenyan Catholic Choirs, Part I

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post is Part I of a two part post on videos of Catholic choirs from Kenya, East Africa.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/06/videos-of-kenyan-catholic-choirs-part.html for Part II of this post.

The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, spiritual, and aesthetic purposes. The copyrights remain with their owners.

My thanks to the composers of these songs, and the choir directors, vocalists, and musicians associated with this music. My thanks also to the producers and uploaders of these featured videos.

This post provides only a very small sample of this beautiful music. Additional examples can be found on YouTube.

Unfortunately, I only speak & read English. I believe that Swahili is the language used for all or most of the songs featured in this post. It would be great if some visitors to this page would confirm that, and also post in the comment section an English translation for these songs' titles. Thanks in advance!

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FEATURED VIDEOS
[These videos are presented in no particular order.]

Video #1: Kenyan Catholic Music



Uploaded by mbukukanyau on Sep 28, 2007

Kenyan Catholic choir Praising God. Distinctly African Music, Distinctly Catholic in Identity.

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Video #2: Nikupe nini by St Joseph's Migori



Uploaded by kagora1 on Jan 21, 2009

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Video #3: njooni tumwimbie



Uploaded by kwambengei on May 28, 2010

sauti za migori

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Video #4: Amkeni (kyenzenzelu) Kitui Cathedral Choir.flv



Uploaded by Bulsimon2 on May 22, 2011

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Video #5: Ilimpasa-Kenya Navy Catholic Choir.DAT



Uploaded by vastization on May 11, 2010

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Video #6: Nikiziangalia Mbingu



Uploaded by otisjalwedo on Sep 18, 2007

Kwaya Kuu ya Mt. Cecilia
Kanisa Kuu la Mt. Theresia Arusha

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Video #7: Njia ya Uzima -Makongoro Choir



Uploaded by Jaylove14 on Jun 6, 2009

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I'm not sure if this choir is Catholic or not. However, I wanted to include this video because the video uploader indicated that it was a Swahili old "Gold" Gospel song.

Also, I'm fascinated by how much the movements which accompany the singing looks like non-religious African American line dances. Are these movements that the Kenyan choirs do similar or the same as traditional Kenyan dances?

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