Kenyan Singer Featured in the New York Times

It has been a good year for Nina Ogot. She was one of the 32 musicians from across the U.S. to participate in the One Beat project. Last month, her video for Wololo won best video at the Africa Student Film Festival.

Now the afro-soul singer has now been featured in the New York Times. In an article about One Beat, they cite the singer’s work and participation in the initiative. The One Beat project is a cultural diplomacy effort by the State Department.

Nina Ogot is a multilingual artiste who performs in English, Swahili, French, Lingala and Luo. She won a Kalasha Award for Issa as Best Original Score last year. Nina Ogot was also a radio presenter at Radio France International and TV presenter on Citizen’s music show, Afro-Dizzia.