Okatch Biggy

Okatch Biggy (Elly Mathayo Okatch) was a singer from Kenya.

Born

1954 in Ujimbe, Kenya

Died

1997

Language

Luo

Genre

Benga Music

Instruments

Vocals, drums

Career

1977 - 1997

Cassettes from Okatch Biggy

• Nyathi Nyakach "Sondu Rach"

Sources

• Okatch Biggy in Wikipedia
• Why legend of Okatch Biggy still lives on, Nation, December 2014
• Remembering Okatch 18 years later, Nation, January 2016/July 2020
• Okatch Biggy: A Story-Teller's Anthology, NAMLOLwE ANECDOTEs, October 2020
• Mboya, T. Michael. 2009. Sex, HIV/AIDS and “Tribal” Politics in the Benga of Okatch Biggy. In: Postcolonial Text, Vol 5, No 3.