About This Song
About "Thum Nyatiti" by Ayub Ogada
Thum Nyatiti is a love letter to the instrument itself—the eight-stringed lyre that anchors Ogada's sound. Here, the nyatiti speaks first, its circular patterns like ripples on a still lake. The voice enters as a partner, not a master, and together they conjure a ritual space where tradition and improvisation breathe as one.