Kenya’s Sauti Sol Hopes to Make it Big in the US
CD cover of “Sol filosofia” from Sauti Sol.
The Nairobi-based band Sauti Sol has created its own version of Afro Pop.
The band is hugely popular in Kenya and now is aiming to make it big in the US.
Mirissa Neff caught up with them in Austin, Texas last month.
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