User:Shambula

Joy Shambula is a musician from Kenya, who performs, Afro-soul, Afro-fusion, Afro-pop and gospel music. She debuted with a lovely album Subira around in 2010. She was part of the famous Maroon commandos band(2007-2008) that is well known for hits like ‘Amka kumekucha(wake up, it is dawn)’, “Christina mama” and “Shika Kamba” She left the band due to a misunderstanding, and sang with other bands like the Twin Tunes band and hot sounds band in which she is the only female lead vocalist up to now. Shambula has worked with children at the Kibera slums (One of the largest slums in Africa), on various projects. In 2008, she organized one of the biggest shows in the slum that saw more than 50 contestants compete for a recording deal in one of the slum recording studios. In 2009, Joy worked on a song with the kids from the slum (Jah people), a peace song she composed and recorded in the “Kenya unite” album of the Maroon Commandos that was done after the post election violence. The song tells everyone that anyone is God’s creation. This attracted a Finnish journalist and film maker, Ari Pekker Rannisto, who did a short film in the slum, using her song as the sound track. The song plays in Finnish radio stations and receives quite good amount of airplay. She was born in Western Province of Kenya. She holds a MSc. Degree in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi and a Bsc. Degree in Information Technology from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and enjoys teaching and mentoring. Find her also at:    [|Joy writes Poetry], Joy at Sawubona Music-jam[|Myspace-Joy]