Fadhili William (born Mombasa, November 11, 1938), is a Kenyan musician/composer who is most famous for his song Malaika. Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... // Kenyas Angel Malaika, which is Swahili for angel, akin to the Arabic word for angels Malaika, was a song composed by Fadhili Williams in 1960, and was originally recorded by The Jambo Boys. It was later re-recorded at Equator Sound Studios (see Equator Records) by the British-born...

Fadhili was born to Halima Wughanga and Ramadhan Mwamburi in Mombasa. His father, who died when Fadhili was only seven, was a traditional musician. Like three of his siblings – Ali Harrison Mwataku, Esther John and Mumba Charo– Fadhili became a musician. He started singing while in primary school back in Taita. He went on to Government African School, in Pumwani in Nairobi. He then dropped out of Shimo la Tewa Secondary School, where he had joined Form Three, to pursue a music career. Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. ... Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya. ...

It was while at Pumwani, he said in an interview, that he fell in love with a beautiful girl, "an angel," to whom he composed and recorded Malaika (Angel) to console her when she was given away to an older man who could pay dowry. A dowry (also known as trousseau) is a gift of money or valuables given by the brides family to that of the groom to permit their marriage. ...

Malaika was recorded at the Equator Sound Studios (see Equator Records) under the guidance of Charles Worrod, who went on to promote and distribute the ballad. Equator Records or Equator Sound Studios was originally known as East African Records, owned by Afcot Ltd, situated in Nairobi, Kenya. ... Charles Worrod (born in Coventry, England in 1912) was the proprietor of the Equator Sound Studios record label (see Equator Records) in Nairobi, Kenya, during the 1950s to 1960s, having left post-war England to relocate to South Africa, and later, Nairobi with his wife Wynne. ...