{"id":11641,"date":"2026-10-02T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/?page_id=11641"},"modified":"2026-10-19T00:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:06:09","slug":"atisanna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/artists-a-z\/atisanna\/","title":{"rendered":"ATISANNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>QUEEN OF NYATITI\u00a0 from Kenya<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Afro-Fusion, Jazz, R&amp;B, Benga<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-11652\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-114-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-11652 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default-base\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"ATISANNA\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"200\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_11652\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_11652\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12048 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-19 00:09:58\" data-filename=\"Atis-Sanna-privat-188x282.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atis-Sanna-privat-188x282.png\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-12048 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atis Sanna - privat\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12047 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-19 00:09:21\" data-filename=\"Atisanna-Band-200x300.jpeg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna-Band-200x300.jpeg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-12047 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna + Band\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11944 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 04:36:40\" data-filename=\"Atisanna-am-Baum_cut-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna-am-Baum_cut-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11944 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna, am Baum_cut\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11943 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 04:36:18\" data-filename=\"Atisanna-at-beach_cut-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna-at-beach_cut-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11943 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna, at beach_cut\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11942 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 04:35:45\" data-filename=\"Atisanny_schiff_cut-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanny_schiff_cut-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11942 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanny_schiff_cut\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11932 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 03:35:59\" data-filename=\"Atisanna_-POWER-GALORE-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna_-POWER-GALORE-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11932 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna_ POWER GALORE\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11931 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 03:35:39\" data-filename=\"Atisanna_Best-Live-Performance-of-2020-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna_Best-Live-Performance-of-2020-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11931 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna_Best Live Performance of 2020\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11930 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 03:35:27\" data-filename=\"Atisanna-Hassan-Elmalik-in-Kenya_cut-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna-Hassan-Elmalik-in-Kenya_cut-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11930 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna &amp; Hassan Elmalik in Kenya_cut\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11927 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-15 03:34:50\" data-filename=\"atisanny-Nyatiti_cut-200x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/atisanny-Nyatiti_cut-200x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11927 msDefaultImage\" title=\"atisanny + Nyatiti_cut\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11656 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-10-02 09:21:06\" data-filename=\"Atisanna_c_Jennifer-Atieno-Sanna-e1791544252827-124x187.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Atisanna_c_Jennifer-Atieno-Sanna-e1791544252827-124x187.png\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Atisanna Ahoi-kultur\" class=\"slider-11652 slide-11656 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atisanna_(c)_Jennifer Atieno Sanna\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@atisanna8330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10950 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/youtube-logo-png-46020_proc_proc-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"33\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/youtube-logo-png-46020_proc_proc-removebg-preview.png\" data-eio-rwidth=\"268\" data-eio-rheight=\"185\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/atisanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10938 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-300x171.png\" sizes=\"70px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-1536x875.png 1536w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-2048x1167.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-624x355.png 624w\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"40\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-300x171.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-1536x875.png 1536w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-2048x1167.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soundcloud-logo-black-transparent-624x355.png 624w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"300\" data-eio-rheight=\"171\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ati_sanna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10935 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview-300x292.png\" sizes=\"155px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview.png 313w\" alt=\"\" width=\"38\" height=\"37\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview-300x292.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Insta_Logo-removebg-preview.png 313w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"300\" data-eio-rheight=\"292\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ati.sanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11678\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Facebook-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"43\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.reverbnation.com\/atissanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12034\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ReverbNation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLine-up:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Solo:<\/strong> <\/em>Voc &amp; Nyatiti<br \/>\n<em><strong>Duo:<\/strong><\/em> with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/artists-a-z\/sun-blues\/\"><strong>Hassan Elmalik<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; King of Oud<br \/>\n<em><strong>Band:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Atisanna<\/strong> \u2013 Voc &amp; Nyatiti<br \/>\n<strong>Winnie Wandera<\/strong> &#8211; Singer<br \/>\n<strong>Timothy Jandi<\/strong> &#8211; Bass<br \/>\n<strong>Abdallah Seif<\/strong> &#8211; Drums<br \/>\n<strong>Yusuf Khamis<\/strong> <strong>Mwinyikombo<\/strong> &#8211; Keyboard<br \/>\n<strong>Bruno Tumbo Mbaruku<\/strong> \u2013 Congas<br \/>\n<strong>Gabriel Kazungu<\/strong> &#8211; Guit<br \/>\n<strong>Kenneth Okoth Oguya<\/strong> &#8211; Sax<br \/>\n<strong>Lawrence William Sengo<\/strong> &#8211; Sax &amp; Trumpet<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic musician, singer &amp; NYATITI player acts as a bridge between ancestral sounds and contemporary music, weaving together stories of memory, resilience, and cultural pride.<br \/>\nJennifer Atieno Sanna is Kenya\u2019s first professional female NYATITI player, an 8-stringed harp traditionally played exclusively by men within the Luo community.<br \/>\nShe learned the instrument under the guidance of experienced NYATITI players and later pursued further training at the Kenya National Theatre.<br \/>\nBetween 2011 and 2013, she took 1st place at the Kenya Music and Cultural Festival, organized by the Ministry of National Heritage; in 2020, she won the &#8220;Sanaa Award&#8221;.<br \/>\nAdditionally, in 1997, she secured 1st place in the Competition for the Performance of Iriginal Lyrical Texts, among other accolades.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a musical family, ATISANNA began her career as a backing vocalist in her father\u2019s group, the Sanna Jazz Band. During her time at Kileleshwa Primary School, she played the guitar and sang alongside her musically gifted grandmother, a prolific performer of *Dodo*, a traditional Luo musical style.<br \/>\nHer more recent musical influences include artists such as<em> Suzanna Owiyo<\/em> and<em> Miriam Makeba<\/em>.<br \/>\nA former student of <em>Ngara Girls<\/em>\u2019 High School, she made her stage debut in May 2011 alongside the legendary <em>Ayub Ogada<\/em> at the Goethe-Institut in Nairobi. She is committed to the ongoing development of the music scene, aiming to ensure it becomes a sustainable source of income for those within it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Past Performances<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2011<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the Maktaba Awards, National Museum, Nairobi<br \/>\n<strong>2012<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the 20th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL), Laico Hotel, Nairobi<br \/>\nAt the \u201cKenya Music and Cultural Festival\u201d gala, held under the auspices of the Ministry of National Heritage at the KICC, Nairobi<br \/>\n<strong>2013<\/strong><br \/>\nAt Auma Obama book reading &#8220;And life happens&#8221; at Paa Ya Paa&#8221; Kenya&#8217;s oldest Art Gallery founded by Phillda Njao and Elimo Njau, Nairobi<br \/>\nAt \u201cAfrica Liberation Day,\u201d Arusha, Tanzania<br \/>\nAt JAMAFEST (a cultural festival), Kigali, Rwanda<br \/>\n<strong>2014<\/strong><br \/>\nPerformed alongside tabla master Subhash Dhunoochand for the International Day of La Francophonie at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise in Nairobi, Kenya. They presented a \u201cjugalbandi\u201d (a musical dialogue) between two classical instruments of distinct origins: Indian percussion and the eight-stringed Luo nyatiti.<br \/>\n<strong>2015<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the finale of the \u201cWomen Festival Culturelles,\u201d Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, Nairobi<br \/>\n<strong>2016<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the \u201cWeCreate Kenya Women Entrepreneurship Centre,\u201d Lavington, Nairobi<br \/>\nAt the Sama Festival, Khartoum, Sudan; represented Kenya through a musical performance and by sharing various cultural aspects.<br \/>\nAt \u201cZidi Africa Sports Week,\u201d Kibra, Nairobi, Kenya\u2014featuring cultural musical performances, the promotion of young talent, and awareness-raising for a clean environment.<br \/>\nAt \u201cTree House,\u201d \u201cChoices,\u201d the \u201cWorld Global Party,\u201d \u201cTamambo Tapas,\u201d the \u201cMichael Joseph Centre,\u201d and the \u201cVillage Nyatiti Festivals,\u201d as well as participating in Kenya\u2019s first opera.<br \/>\n<strong>2020<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the launch of Teddy Warria\u2019s book \u201cI am From,\u201d<br \/>\nAt the \u201cKUSI Ideas Festival 2020\u201d at the Ciala Resort in Kisumu<br \/>\nOn International Women\u2019s Day<br \/>\nAt the inauguration of the \u201cMama Sarah Onyango Hall\u201d in Kisumu<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUEEN OF NYATITI\u00a0 from Kenya Afro-Fusion, Jazz, R&amp;B, Benga \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Line-up: Solo: Voc &amp; Nyatiti Duo: with Hassan Elmalik &#8211; King of Oud Band: Atisanna \u2013 Voc &amp; Nyatiti Winnie Wandera &#8211; Singer Timothy Jandi &#8211; Bass Abdallah Seif &#8211; Drums Yusuf Khamis Mwinyikombo &#8211; Keyboard Bruno Tumbo Mbaruku [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":180,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11641"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12045,"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11641\/revisions\/12045"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}