Kasiva Mutua Explained

Kasiva Mutua
Origin:Kenya
Instrument:Drums
Years Active:2013 - present
Associated Acts:One Beat,
MOTRA

Kasiva Mutua is a Kenyan percussionist. According to Daily News Egypt, she is one of the top drummers in Kenya.[1] Mutua is currently based in Nairobi.[2]

Biography

Mutua learned to play traditional drums from her grandmother at the age of six.[3] [4] In her community in a village in Kenya, it was not permitted for women to play drums, although her grandmother had a small drum that she used when telling stories.[5] In her journey to become a drummer, she faced many problems, including harassment and the destruction of her equipment, due to the taboo against women playing drums.[6] [7] However, she continued to play and began to try out for music festivals when she was in secondary school. Mutua earned a degree in journalism from Busoga University.[8]

She was part of the One Beat program in 2013.[9] Mutua joined the Nile Project in 2014.[10] The project supports artists in countries surrounding and affected by the Nile River and has an activist component. Mutua is a co-founder of an all-women percussion group called MOTRA (for MOdern and TRAditional Rhythms). The group was started in 2015 and includes eight members. She was named a Global TED Fellow in 2017.

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Nile Project: Resolving Conflict into Harmony. https://web.archive.org/web/20181118013321/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-457355441.html. dead. 18 November 2018. 8 July 2016. Daily News Egypt. 13 July 2018 . HighBeam Research.
  2. News: Kasiva Mutua: I think I cried at US percussion fest. Nyaga. Boniface. 2018-07-04. Music In Africa. 2018-07-14. en.
  3. News: Kasiva Mutua Speaker. TED. 2018-07-14. en.
  4. News: Kasiva Mutua is an international percussionist and we are loving her. Jaiyesimi. Adedoyin. 2017-10-09. Leading Ladies Africa. 2018-07-14. en-US.
  5. News: 'Every time I hold a drum...I feel like happiness is going to kill me'. Coss. Ian. 19 June 2015. Public Radio International. 2018-07-14. en-US.
  6. News: Kasiva Mutua. Okay Africa's 100 Women. 2018-07-14. en-US.
  7. News: This Kenyan drummer is fighting to make more space for women in percussion. D'Arcy. Patrick. 2017-12-04. TED Fellows. 2018-07-14.
  8. News: My hands are my tool of trade. Kahongeh. James. 15 December 2016. Daily Nation. 2018-07-14. en-UK.
  9. Web site: Artists of the Nile Project Speak. Eyre. Banning. Coss. Ian. 14 April 2016. Afropop Worldwide. en-US. 2018-07-14.
  10. News: Kasiva Mutua, une percussionniste engagée - Amina. Gnaoré. Auzouhat. 2017-07-18. Amina. 2018-07-14. fr-FR.

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