Ep 4: Friends (Osiepe) by Suzanna Owiyo

<p>Friends (Osiepe) is the story of a boy named Simo describing his friends, Zizo, Lele, Sisa and Ayanda’s hobbies. The story is told in &nbsp;Dholuo and English by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Ow%C3%ADyo">Suzanna Owiyo.</a></p> <p>Born in Kasaye village, Nyakach near Kisumu city in Kenya, Suzanna Owiyo was introduced to music at a young age by her grandfather who was a prolific Nyatiti player.</p> <p>She is an award-winning singer whose music is a fusion of traditional western Kenyan music (which features traditional instruments such as the Nyatiti &amp; Orutu) and contemporary rhythms sang primarily in her mother tongue Dholuo and Kiswahili.</p> <p>Osiepe is<strong> </strong>written by<strong> </strong>Zimbili Dlamini and Hlengiwe Zondi.</p> <p>Translation by Emmaculate Onyango</p> <p>illustrations by &nbsp;Catherine Groenewald</p> <p>Language - Dholuo, English</p> <p>Story source:<a href="http://www.africanstorybook.org/"> <u>www.africanstorybook.org</u></a></p> <p>Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0</p> <p>Special thanks to &nbsp;the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) &nbsp;for providing us with the space</p> <p><strong>Find and follow us on:</strong></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Tusome_Hadithi">&nbsp;<u>@Tusome_Hadithi</u></a></p> <p>Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078122868286"> <u>Tusome Hadithi</u></a></p> <p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tusomehadithi/"> <u>Tusome Hadithi</u></a></p> <p>Website: <a href="http://www.tusomehadithi.africa/">&nbsp;<u>www.TusomeHadithi.Africa</u></a></p> <p>Email: TusomeHadithi@gmail.com if are an African children's writer or would love to narrate a story in your mother tongue.</p>