Chemirocha: How an American Country Singer Became a Kenyan Star

Posted by tintinnabula on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:49AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chemirocha-how-an-american-country-singer-became-a-kenyan-star

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Re:Chemirocha: How an American Country Singer Became a Kenya... by pen2l on Friday November 06, 2015 @10:46PM (#10523588)

> Half-man, half-beast “chemirochas.” Far from the popular conception of the myth is the deliciously ironic truth: the Kipsigis villagers are the ones who actually thought the white Europeans were savages.

Hah, wonderful. Chemirocha. This has to be the best submission I've seen on HN ever. Thanks for posting!

I'm really curious to hear the songs that were recorded by Hugh - are they available to listen anywhere?

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Re:Chemirocha: How an American Country Singer Became a Kenya... by yohoho22 on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:58PM (#10523795)

They've got 30-second MP3 clips of the ones they've digitized online here: http://greenstone.ilam.ru.ac.za/cgi-bin/library?p=about&c=il...

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