The Luo of Kenya have long played an eight_string lyre called nyatiti, and guitarists from the area sought to imitate the instrument's syncopatedmelodies. In benga, the electric bass guitar is played in a style reminiscent of the nyatiti.
In 1967, the first major benga band, Shirati Jazz, was formed by Daniel Owino Misiani. The group launched a string of hits that were East Africa's biggest songs throughout the 1970s and 80s. Shirati Jazz's biggest rival is Victoria Jazz, formed in 1972 by Ochieng Nelly Mengo and Collela Mazee. Despite many personnel changes, Victoria Jazz remained popular throughout the 70s, when the Voice of Kenyaradio station pushed an onslaught of East African pop.
Modern benga artists include Kapere Jazz Band and the rootsy Ogwang Lelo Okoth.
Ota Benga was among a group of pygmies brought to the United States to be displayed at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Ota Benga lived in Lynchburg until March 1916, when he borrowed a gun from one of his host families, went to the woods on the edge of the town, and shot himself.
Carrie Allen McCray, now 92, knew Ota Benga when she was a little girl in Lynchburg; for a time, he lived with her family.
Benga, without even mentioning it in the historical description of the discovery of aquaporins that joined the prize announcement.
Benga's discovery, providing pointers to documents that prove it and hosting a petition addressed to the Nobel Committee.
No mention of the results of Benga and coworkers appeared in the historical description of the discovery of aquaporins that joined the prize announcement.
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