Eden Indigenous Seed Choir defies Kenya’s 2024 seed law with six defiant songs in Makongo Village, where sunbaked fields and disappearing Nyakairu beans fuel their protest. Choir founder Francis Ngiri, 60, leads 12 farmers using music to fight extinction of native crops.

Raising voices in both Swahili and Kikuyu, the group’s eldest member, 81-year-old Lucia Wambui, credits indigenous food for robust health. As “agrobiodiversity conservation” gains urgency, their harmonies echo across Nakuru, turning a parched field into a seed-saving stage.