Betty Bayo's death in the morning of November 10, 2025, has sent waves through the Kenyan gospel community. The gospel singer, Beatrice Wairimu Mbugua, was secretly battling leukaemia for some time ...

In recent years there has been an outpouring of Kenyan scholarship on the ways popular musicians engage with politics in the public sphere. With respect to the rise in the 1990s and 2000s of gospel ...

A collage of Tanzanian Gospel artistes. Gospel singers differentiate themselves from their secular counterparts by composing music guided by Biblical teachings. This adherence to religious principles ...

Alex Nyachonga Apoko, popularly known as Ringtone, is a Kenyan gospel musician, entrepreneur, and sometimes a controversial public figure. Born in Kisii County, Kenya, he rose to fame with his 2009 ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - When Danish national Martin Nielsen moved to Kenya to work with a venture capital firm, he quickly switched gears after spotting an opportunity in streaming music and selling ...

At an open air Mass today at the University of Nairobi this morning, Pope Francis called on Kenyans to "stand strong in faith!" and not to be afraid, telling them that the Lord "asks us to be ...

Nairobi — Kenyan gospel artist Betty Bayo, whose song "11th Hour" became a beacon of hope for many, has passed away. The celebrated singer is reported to have died on Monday afternoon while receiving ...

Mission workers testify that Christ helps control sexual urges. As Darryl Humphrey stares into a sea of faces, a lump comes to his throat. Seven hundred people die of aids daily in Kenya. How many in ...