Elsy Wameyo - River Nile
Elsy Wameyo - "River Nile" from the 2022 Nilotic EP on Music in Exile.
Over the past few years, Nairobi-born, Adelaide-based artist Elsy Wameyo has made a name for herself in hip-hop, garnering both the Young Kenyan of the Year award in 2018, and the People's Choice Best Hip Hop Award at the annual South Australian Music Awards in 2019.
Her debut EP, titled Nilotic, is a tribute to her indigenous roots to the people of the Nile Valley who speak Nilotic languages. In a press release, she explains that today's Song of the Day is an exploration of her newfound strength. “‘River Nile’ was a…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.