American ▁ch ess ▁writers ▁Category : American ▁male ▁non - f iction ▁writers ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁ch ess ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁Da udi ▁Kab aka ▁( 1 9 3 9 – 2 0 0 1 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Ken yan ▁vocal ist ▁and ▁music ian . ▁ ▁The ▁type ▁of ▁music ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁is ▁called ▁Beng a , ▁a ▁popular ▁style ▁in ▁East ▁Africa . ▁His ▁best - known ▁songs ▁include ▁" A fr ican ▁Tw ist ", ▁" H aram be e ▁Har am be e " ▁and ▁" West ern ▁Sh ilo ". ▁ ▁His ▁song ▁" Hel ule ▁Hel ule " ▁was ▁covered ▁by ▁The ▁T rem elo es ▁and ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁hit ▁in ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁▁ ▁Da udi ▁Kab aka ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁Ken yan ▁classic ▁" H aram be e ▁Har am be e " ▁which ▁largely ▁reflect s ▁the ▁asp ir ations ▁of ▁post - colon ial ▁Ken ya ▁to ▁build ▁their ▁nation . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁famous ▁songs ; ▁" M s ich ana ▁wa ▁El im u " ▁is ▁still ▁popular ly ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁Ken yan ▁media ▁houses ▁as ▁it ▁advis es ▁about ▁marriage . ▁He ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁John ▁N zen ze ▁on ▁three ▁songs : ▁" M as ista ", ▁" B ach elor ▁Boy " ▁and ▁" N y um ba ▁za ▁Tob acco ". ▁These ▁songs ▁were ▁released ▁by ▁Jam bo ▁Records ▁and ▁became ▁hits . ▁Kab aka ▁released ▁the