Sound coach mourns death of film in Kenya

“We lack the diversity that made us share ideas during fieldwork,” Wambulwa says.

by WILLIAM INGANGA

Big-read05 March 2025 - 09:09

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“Sound has been mutilated. The artistic part of the sound is no longer there.”
Wambulwa believes that the revival of the film industry lies with the policymakers and that filmmaking could keep the youth busy.

John Wambulwa, retired sound instructor at the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, at his home in Mapera village, Tongaren /BENEDICT WASICHE /KNA

Former film cameraman Henry Bwoka is not alone in mourning the death of film in Kenya. John Wambulwa, a fellow retiree sound instructor at the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, who lives in Mapera village in Tongaren constituency, sings the same dirge.

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