The West Bridge Band | Kibera Esbera (Kenya)

Hailing from the Luhya Tribe this four man band is led by Wamalawa Lusweti, he builds and plays the Litungu a nine-string instrument the he invented. The band subsists by playing traditional Kenyan music from other tribes to entertain tourists. They change costumes for the different numbers with few in the audience seeming to realize that it is the same performers over and over again rather than a rotating cast of ethnic characters. In the off hours the musicians live a grim reality, hawking the insturments they build and penning songs such as "The Rich" and "Sadness" Few of their compositions are more telling, though, thank "I Will Not Lose Faith"