Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - Suzzana Owiyo known for her Afro fusion music was the voice
behind the Theme song for the new girl child campaign branded ‘Because I am
a Girl’. Suzzana recorded the track with legendary musicians - South
African’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi.
Over the weekend, Suzanna and Oliver
Mtukudzi will perform the track and other hit tracks at the Safaripark Hotel
for an event organized by Plan International, the brains behind the Because
I am a girl campaigns.
The song which has been ruling the
airwaves since its launch in Ethiopia and has been recorded in English,
Swahili, Arabic, Portuguese, Shona and French.
Plans are still underway for the song
to reach many Kenyans through the signing of a deal with leading mobile service
providers which came together with Plan International to distribute the song as
a free ringtone.
Suzzana has in the past been working
on a project based in Korogocho slums in Nairobi and she says the girls are
just wonderful and goes there from time to time to visit them.
The passionate mother of one is
committed to working with girls through her experience.
The Kenyan
DAILY POST
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