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Les Wanyika heads to festival with a mission

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The legendary Les Wanyika band will be among the headline acts at this Sunday's Blankets & Wine All-Kenyan Edition. FILE PHOTO | BILL ODIDI | POOL

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By  Bill Odidi

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They were among the most successful bands in East and Central Africa during the golden era of Swahili rumba in the 1970s & 80s.

By the 1990s the evolving trends in music and the death of their charismatic lead singer halted their success and consigned Les Wanyika to oblivion.

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