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Tentang Kaya

Kaya or Joseph Reginald Topize (10 August 1960 – 21 February 1999) was a Mauritian musician and the creator of "seggae", a fusion of sega and reggae, two of the most popular music genres in Mauritius. Kaya was born in Roche-Bois in Port Louis on August 10, 1960, from a family of five children. His father,a fisherman, not able to support his education, left him under the supervision of an uncle. Joseph did not have a very happy childhood. Being both mulatto and Indian, he was a very young victim of racism and found himself left on his own to find odd jobs at the age of 8 years. At 16, he decided to learn guitar, he played hits from Mike Brant, Santana, Deep Purple, etc, and hosted dances and weddings with his first band, "Wind and Fire". Joseph soon discovered reggae and Bob Marley became his idol. He adopted the same nickname Kaya, in homage to the album of the same name. No more Mike Brant and other pop groups. He was dedicated to present to interpret the songs of Bob, with some imitation elsewhere. Spotted for his talents as a guitarist, he joined the group 'Lélou Menwar'. It was with him that Kaya will make his first real concert and her first studio to record the album 'Letan lenfer'. Back from tour, Kaya decided to gather some friends of Roche-Bois and he created the group 'Racinetatan', named after a Malagasy prince exiled in Mauritius. Heavily influenced by reggae and its message, Kaya incorporated many of Marley's hits and also performed his compositions. But he started to question himself about this concept of "Roots & Culture". Should he grab reggae and Jamaican culture? Does it fit his reality? In this atmosphere of thought and creativity, in 1986 he had the brilliant idea to mix reggae with the local blues, the Sega. Kaya also campaigned for rights of the M…