From electrifying live performances to visually stunning productions, this year proved that music in Uganda is not just heard ...

Music icon Bebe Cool has unveiled his annual Bebe Cool List for 2025, highlighting the artists, albums, and songs that stood out over the year while offering candid reflections on the state of the ...

“Spirit of Uganda,” an African youth performance troupe, will make a stop at William Penn Charter School next week on its North American tour. It has been facing some controversy along the way, ...

The second edition of the Amplify Uganda Music Expo (AUMEX) lit up MOTIV Kampala over the weekend, drawing hundreds of artists, industry professionals, and music lovers under the theme "Building a ...

He is popularly known for his 1961 hit song, Atanawa Musolo (Nga alabye enaku). Fred Masagazi cut his musical teeth in pre-independent Uganda, in 1955 as a singer with a Congolese band called Tinapa ...

Continuing its effort to create “the La Verne experience,” the University of La Verne’s College of Arts and Science and the Music Department will present the “Spirit of Uganda” in the university’s ...

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 ...

At 25, Ugandan singer-songwriter Joshua Baraka finds himself in a rare position—one that many artistes consciously pursue, yet only truly grow into with time. Across East Africa’s fast-evolving music ...

In much of Africa, it's an elementary fact that dance and music are the "breath of life" -- and the "deeper we breathe, the longer we live, and the more diverse and culturally rich we become." This is ...

A little over 6o years ago, African states gained independence from their colonial masters. It was assumed the wind of change would bring with it a new sense of nationalism, common good, and identity.

Dominic D.B. Makwa does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

On October 14, Luket Ministries, an Oklahoma missionary group working in Eastern Uganda, released a music video that has caused quite a stir. This post was updated on October 26. In the 5 minute, 13 ...