David Amunga is an influential Kenyan musician, composer, producer, and record company owner, born in Kakamega in 1938. His career in music spans almost 60 years, beginning with a notable collaboration in 1958 as the vocalist on the popular song "Someni Vijana," alongside guitarist Ben Blastus O'Bulawayo. This song, which promoted the importance of education, was famously used as a signature tune for educational programs on VOK radio and television for many years. In the mid-1960s, a letter from O'Bulawayo, who was studying in the US, inspired Amunga to write the song "America to Africa" in 1964, which registered significant sales across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Beyond his performance career, Amunga played a critical role in the development of the Kenyan music industry. He launched his own independent African music production house called Mwangaza record label in 1964, and after its closure, he started another record label, Kasanga Productions, in 1967. This label was responsible for releasing his songs like "Mama Mukoya" and "Jane is Pretty" in 1968, and also recording works by emerging music stars of the time. Throughout the 1980s, he remained a champion for the rights of Kenyan musicians, co-founding the Music Copyright Society of Kenya and forming ARTCO, the first cooperative society for artists, cementing his legacy as one of the few survivors from the early generation of Kenyan pop musicians.