The Orutu is a traditional stringed instrument from the Luo community of Kenya and historically only be played by men. Even today, Labdi is the only woman who plays the Orutu professionally.

Nairobi — The man with the 'orutu' plays the stringed instrument shaking his head like a monitor lizard in contrast to the Japanese woman's graceful plucking of the 'koto'. Every time Japanese ...