Although dozens of works have been published over the years on various characteristics of popular music in Kenya – from conventional folk to hip hop – none captures the history of music and its players as authoritatively as Shades of Benga: The Story of Popular Music in Kenya. Ketebul Music undertook the arduous task of meticulously putting together the content that would faithfully recount the remarkable story of the development of Kenyan music in a manner previously not attempted.