Following my post on metal in Botswana, I was contacted by a woman from Kenya and we've been corresponding on rock, metal and punk in that country. Here's what she has to say (with permission):
Well kenya has more of a rock scene than a metal scene, since bands are just beginning to arise. metalheads know each other through exchange of music or online like the facebook group kenya metalheads. it's usually hard to convince a dj in a club to play a metal song. there are still many misconceptions about the music, but most consider it noise or satanic. these are the ignorant ones. as for bands there's a mixed category, but mostly indie and alternative. none that sound like the Botswana bands, or really metal. there are mainly two dominant yahoo groups that people get info on about gigs and stuff.
http://www.groups.yahoo/kenyapunk
http://www.groups.yahoo/kenyarocks
Check out the article on this site, it has a review of a recent show.
http://www.the-booth.com/index.html
The first gig i ever went to was largely a white crowd, the blacks were countable, but that was because there was no awareness among the black fans that there was a local rock scene, but now there's more black fans and band members than white, with just one band which has all white members and im afraid they're gonna phase out coz of being the minority which shouldn't be right. the problem then becomes how can we intergrate the white fans back into the scene. other wise right now it's a black rock scene, as for the metal scene, its mainly male, i've just met two females who listen to metal, and when the guys realize that, it amazes them, at which point i wonder why. hope that answers the question somehow.
So there we have it. I'm keen to hear from anyone else who has information on metal in majority 'black' countries.
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