If moments are fleeting, memories are permanent. We share our most powerful memories so that they grow with time rather than fade – giving us the ability to celebrate friends and family members long after they have passed.
Well, celebrated dancer and Choreographer Ian Wainaina has paid tribute to Afro-jazz musician Lydia Achieng’ Abura, who died in 2016.
Abura was influential in the Kenyan entertainment scene and her legacy lives on in the several albums she left behind and the legions of up-and-coming musicians whose careers she helped nurture.
The two worked together in Tusker Project Fame, where Abura was the academy’s principal.
I remember she hated going upstairs but she loved all the contestant and she would encourage us so much
He said Abura treated all contestants with respect.
She would take us for lunch and would share a lot of stories with us. Like I remember she told us she started driving a car at the age of 12
Ian recently released a song mrembo and damn, it will give you some goosebumps.
I was challenged by two of my youngest dancers to go back to the studio after nudging them to always follow their dreams
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