Kenya: Voting opens for Sondeka Creative Awards 2020

The awards are organised by the Creatives Garage and feature nine categories, including Live Band, Alternative or Experimental Music, Online and Radio Podcasts, Digital Art, Traditional Art, Street Art, Poetry & Spoken Word, Dance, and Short Stories. 

Members of the public have until 23 March to vote for their favourite artist. Individuals can vote only once every 24 hours.

Voting can be done here.

Below is the full list of nominees: 

Live Bands

• Serro 
• Nairobi Horns Project 
• Shamsi Music 
• Rash 
• WeN_Music 
• Cheif and the Marshalls 

Experimental Music

• Basthma 
• Halisi the Band 
• Kali
• Mumala Maloba 
• Cathy Matete 
• Maryolive Mungai 

Online Radio and Podcasts

• Lazereggae Invasion Podcast 
• One Down 
• Mo Nyarinda 
• Friday Foreplay
• The Get Down
• Asylum Radio

 Traditional Art

• Emmanuel Wandera 
• Martin Liam Njiru 
• Yona Wanjala Mudibo 
• Francis Lee Gitahi 
• M_nine 
• Ango 

Poetry and Spoken Word

• Mumbi Macharia 
• Mak Mansa 
• Cardiac Poet 
• René Louis Solomon 
• Crazy Mwanafunzi 
• Alfaisal 254 

Digital Art

• Daniel Omulo Otieno 
• Faysal Anthony Nair 
• John Mutahi 
• Ng'endo Mukii 
• Bénir 
• Kelvin Shani 

Short Stories

• Kennedy Kiiru Macharia 
• Ian Abraham Nyakinya 
• Wilson Westwood 
• Moses Nguyai 
• Gladwell Pamba 
• Cj Giche