By Iminza Keboge
Published February 26, 2021
Fernando Anuang’a, a contemporary dancer and choreographer, is on March 26, 2021 set to release a 19-track album.
The hour-long album titled Maasai Footsteps is the work of the Siaya-born artist who grew up in Kitengela and his Maasai Vocals group.
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“Tradition is what makes people who they are”, Anuang’a tells ARC Music on whose label Maasai Footsteps is created. “If you lose it, you lose your identity”.
According to ARC Music of Britain who specialise in world music, Maasai Footsteps ‘celebrates the ancestral songs and dance of the Maasai people of East Africa, performed at schools and on European stage through contemporary dance. While capturing and honouring the aesthetic and culture of the Maasai nomadic tribes Purko, Loodokilani and Kisonko, Anuang’a uses his passion for contemporary dance style – learned in Paris, France – to share his heritage and make it accessible to modern-day students’.
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The tracks on the Maasai Footsteps album are:
1. Aisulisho (Purko)
2. Enkisesei (Purko)
3. Emburkoi (Loodokilani)
4. Enkipolosa (Purko)
5. Eranjoi (Loodokilani)
6. Sukuroi (Kisonko)
7. Empurkoi (Kisonko)
8. Enkairishi (Purko)
9. Eranjoi (Kisonko)
10. Oleteta (Purko)
11. Esarankoi (Kisonko)
12. Mukula (Kisonko)
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13. Namba (Purko)
14. Ndeti (Loodokilani)
15. Oleng’wesi (Purko)
16. Olepere (Purko)
17. Oltaifa (Kisonko)
18. Olongishu (Purko), and
19. Punyua (Kisonko)
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The album comes with informational Videos on the colourful Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania.
