Equator Records in Kenya was thrown into disarray. After a while, Fadhili too left, for the US, where he lived for 15 years. In 2006 a new record label was founded by members of the band Islands, which is also called Equator Records. There is no connection between the two labels. Equator Records Equator Records or Equator Sound Studios was originally known as East African Records, owned by Afcot Ltd, situated in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1960, Charles Worrod launched Equator Sound Studios Ltd. along with the Equator Sound Band. Legendary Kenyan musician Fadhili William became a member of the band alongside Adolf
East African shilling East African shilling The East African shilling was the currency issued for use in British controlled areas in East Africa from 1921 until 1969. It was produced by the East African Currency Board. It is also the proposed name for a common currency that the East African Community plans to introduce. The shilling was subdivided into 100 "cents", and a "pound" was equivalent to twenty shillings. In the United Kingdom, the pound sterling formerly was divided into twenty shillings, and it was normal to consider the shilling to be a subsidiary unit of the pound. In British East Africa, however,