Turningpoint Magazine Features Mzee Tendere on Preserving Mijikenda Music.

Turningpoint Music & Lifestyle magazine has published an exclusive interview with Mzee Tendere, “The Songs They Could Not Silence,” in which he speaks about Lutsaga, Baobab Studios’ Mijikenda music archiving project. Working with MADCA (Malindi District Cultural Association), the project has recorded more than 40 of the coast’s 64 traditional music genres, many for the first time. Mzee Tendere reflects on carrying ancestral knowledge into the present, the role of music in resistance, healing and community, and why fair pay and ownership of Master and Publishing Rights are essential to real preservation. Read the full feature on Turningpoint Music & Lifestyle.

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