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 ...

Just as we’d entered the last decade of the 20th Century, Tekya Abraham, aged just 10, posed in front of a mirror with a toothbrush in his hand. He was pretending to rap like the hip-hop stars of the ...

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 ...

You cannot talk about the entertainers of Uganda’s Independence Day without mentioning the singers who had all of East Africa dancing. Their names were legendary in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Today, ...

What you need to know: Born in 1945 in Mitala Maria to a staunch Catholic family, Namale’s early life was a cinematic tale of hardship and resilience. The 12th of 13 children born to Benjamin Mutumba, ...

The proposed legislation seeks to modernize Uganda's copyright framework, align it with international standards, and ensure creators benefit more fairly from their intellectual work. Mao described the ...

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music. By Tom Faber KAMPALA, Uganda — Visitors ...

Music is not just entertainment; it is a tool to address global problems. This is how. The Bidi Bidi refugee camp in Northern Uganda is now the country’s second-largest city, with a population of over ...

Ugandan music star Cindy Sanyu faced challenges in her marriage when she began earning more than her husband. Now she is sharing straight up real talk on how to maintain a successful career without ...

Studies dealing with displacement have shown that music is among the vehicles the displaced adopt to communicate their grievances. For the Ugandan survivors of a landslide who are relocated to a ...