Kadir Roba Duba (Kadir Kotola) performs at the Watering Hole.
Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Born in Moyale on the Ethiopia-Kenya border, Kadir Roba Duba a.k.a. Kadir Kotola now resides in Nairobi. He sings in Oromo, the language of his ethnic group. He writes his own lyrics and plays multiple instruments in the arrangement of his songs.
