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Ted Kalanda, Them Mushrooms founding leader and 'Jambo Bwana' composer, dies at 72

Ted Kalanda Harrison

Them Mushrooms founding band leader Ted Kalanda Harrison Ted Kalanda Harrison.

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By  Amos Ngaira

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Kalanda, who had been battling cancer since 2018, had lost his eyesight at the time of his death.
  • The deceased will be best remembered for his composition of the evergreen Jambo Bwana hit song.

Top Kenyan musician and Them Mushrooms founding band leader Ted Kalanda Harrison is dead.

Kalanda, 72, died at his rural home in Kaloleni, Kilifi County after a long battle with cancer.

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