
Sondeka Awards 2020 Kenya: All the winners
The winners of Kenya's 2020 Sondeka Creative Awards were announced during a virtual event on 27 June.
- Shamsi Music won in the Live Band category.
The event featured performances by musicians Brian Sigu and Shamsi Music, which won in the Live Band category.
The awards ceremony, organised annually by the Creatives Garage, was to take place at the National Museum in Nairobi on 1 April but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is the full list of winners:
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
Watch the virtual event below:
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