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Cue the Feels: Importance of music in film

An audio mixing desk [iStockphoto]

When Labdi Ommes started her studies in Fine Arts at Kenyatta University, she was unaware of the extraordinary path her chosen instrument, the Orutu, would open.

Traditionally not played by women, the Orutu would lead her into new and uncharted experiences, culminating in her selection for a composer lab project by the Nature, Environment, Wildlife Film making in Durban, South Africa.

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