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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Musician Lawrence Ogambo demonstrates how men play the fumbo during the ajore dance, a traditional burial rite of the Jopadhola, in Busembatya village, Uganda. Beatrice Lamwaka/GJP TORORO — Dust and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...