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Chelele

kalenjin secular music singer song-writer

Bio

Diana Chemutai Musila, known by her stage name, Chelele, was a Kalenjin secular music singer and songwriter. She sang in Kipsigis, a dialect of Kalenjin language. The Kalenjin are a Southern Nilotic ethnicity that inhabits the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya and a number of districts in the Mount Elgon area in Uganda. Chelele's songs were ranked top the charts on Kalenjin radio and TV stations during her years of fecund music production. She is reminisced for her feisty demeanor during all her recording and stage performances.2

Bornc. 19881
Died2016 Jan1
Occupationsinger1
Cause of deathstab wound, homicide2
StatusPossible: Chelele may be a 27 Club member

Sources: 1Wikidata 2Wikipedia