Lydia Achieng Abura was a Luo musician who performed Afro-jazz, Afro-fusion, and gospel music. She was born in Eldoret and held an MSc. Degree in Philosophy and Environmental studies. She had one child, a son named Prince.
Achieng was a great orator who performed her music professionally, debuting with a gospel album called I Believe around 1990. Her Christian albums included Way Over Yonder and Sulwe. In 2002, when she had shifted to Afro-jazz, Achieng released the album Maisha. In 2007 she released her last album titled Dhahabu yangu by the Blu Zebra label.
She was a member of the Divas of The Nile supergroup that featured four Kenyan female musicians Suzzana Owiyo, Mercy Myra, and Princess Jully that performed at the Festival Mundial in Tilburg, Netherlands in 2007.
In 2008, she acted as a Principal of the East African Project Fame and also campaigned for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty.
Abura died on 20th October 2016 after a short illness at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Her only child named Prince Abura who was student of Riara University died on May 10, 2021
He was set to graduate September that year .He died 4 months to his graduation.
Achieng Abura’s story is just too painful to narrate.
by: Legitbzna