Uganda News News Uganda » Music: Lovers Reggaefest - George Mulindwa keeps Ugandan diaspora connected through music and love
For four years, George Mulindwa has given Ugandans living in the United States a reason to brave the February cold, dress up and celebrate love to the rhythms of reggae.His annual Valentine's dinner ...
News Uganda » Music: DJ Rachael Wants to See More Women in Ugandan Dance Music
Kampala is more compact and less well-known than Uganda’s regional hub Nairobi, but the country’s capital is a bit like your favorite small music festival—it’s so cool you don’t want too many people ...
News Uganda » Music: Uganda dance music festival cleared to go ahead amid concerns it ‘promotes gays’
One of East Africa’s most popular music festivals has been cleared to go ahead after members of parliament tried to ban it for “promoting gays” in the country. The Nyege Nyege festival will now take ...
News Uganda » Music: Uganda: Eddy Kenzo, Bobi Wine, Bebe Cool … musicians who turn to politics
Over the past decade, politics has consumed a generation of musicians, deeply dividing Uganda’s music industry, which analysts now predict has a bleak future. President Yoweri Museveni’s main ...
News Uganda » Music: Uganda’s musicians are fighting COVID‑19 ‑ why government should work with them
Ugandan pop musicians have released a raft of songs and music videos to educate and alert the public about COVID-19. These are simple songs that assume a responsibility to help educate citizens. They ...
News Uganda » Music: Nyege Nyege music festival in Uganda continues despite terror warnings – and with less pressure from morality police
First staged in 2015, the globally touted Nyege Nyege Festival in Uganda is an annual four-day dance party featuring hundreds of deejays. It’s also a major tourism drawcard that caters to 15,000-odd ...
News Uganda » Music: AI Accelerates Ugandan Music Production, Sparks Copyright Debate
In the heart of Kampala, a quiet revolution is rewiring the sound of Ugandan music. Artificial‑intelligence tools have moved from theoretical concept to daily production aid, letting artists write ...
News Uganda » Music: Uganda's Bobi Wine On the Books (And Songs) That Shape His Politics
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan music star and political leader currently in exile. Framing his movement as a "people power" struggle by young Ugandans for ...
News Uganda » Music: Music Helps Poor Children of Uganda
Hello, again! And welcome back. I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. Today our program is about the arts …music and painting. We will travel to Uganda to hear how music is helping some poor children. Then we ...