But Kananu, a first-year university student, says she is discontented because even though worshippers are locals, all the hymns and worship songs are in Kikuyu. “Since I started going to church ...

The name Subukia, a town at the base of the Rift Valley escarpments, always gets mentioned when one talks about Kikuyu music. The town rivals Murang’a in producing Kikuyu musicians who compose ...