King Saha - TikTok Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P5UEylKJ2Y
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The Cranes, everyone’s grandfathers
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-cranes-band-uganda/
Après plus de 40 ans d’absence, The Cranes, le groupe ougandais, gloire des années Idi Amin Dada, est réapparu sur scène en 2019 au Nyege Nyege Festival, suite au travail et aux recherches d’un réalisateur néerlandais pour son documentaire sur la disparition d’un des musiciens.
"They came with guns, he only had a guitar."
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For many years, Africa has suffered under selfish dictators who promised change but delivered none. Citizens waited in hope, yet remained forgotten. Today, we youths have risen to act creating projects that support and uplift our communities where leadership failed. This mission is bigger than us; we need your support. Please donate to our fundraiser. We sincerely thank everyone who has supported us so far your generosity gives us strength and hope.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/buying-land-eco-youths-network-uganda
For many years, Africa has suffered under selfish dictators who promised change but delivered none. Citizens waited in hope, yet remained forgotten. Today, we youths have risen to act creating projects that support and uplift our communities where leadership failed. This mission is bigger than us; we need your support. Please donate to our fundraiser. We sincerely thank everyone who has supported us so far your generosity gives us strength and hope.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/buying-land-eco-youths-network-uganda
Eddy Kenzo - Nyange Feat. Green Daddy & Grenade Official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PzMnqkjz_M
Dilman Dila is an award-winning independent Ugandan film-maker doing short videos often with sci-fi or fantasy elements. You can follow his video account at:
➡️ @dilmandila
There are already many short films and other videos uploaded, you can browse them all at https://video.ploud.jp/a/dilmandila/videos
You can also follow Dila's general non-video account at @[email protected]
#FeaturedPeerTube #FilmMaking #SciFi #ShortFilms #Uganda #Africa #AfricanCinema #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Is Metal / (Hard) Rock music un-African?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rock-music-un-african/
An unfortunately popular myth is that Rock music, such as Metal or HardRock, is un-African, a genre for white people in which Africans are under represented. This myth needs to be debunked. The African continent has birthed several diverse and thriving rock scenes throughout the years, from Zamrock to Nigerian psychedelic [...]
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The Afrorack
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrorack-bamanya/
Bamanya is responsible for building Africa’s first DIY modular synthesizer, a huge wall of home-made modules and FX units that he dubbed, fittingly, The Afrorack.
His reason for embarking on this difficult project was simple: as he began to investigate the world of modular synthesizers, he realized it would be difficult to acquire the technology […]
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Charles & Frida Sonko – Nawuliranga (1968)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/
Nawuliranga, by Charles & Frida Sonko with Orchestre Melo Success comes from a rare compilation “THE KAMPALA SOUND – 1960s UGANDAN DANCE MUSIC” (Original Music, 1988, recorded in Kenya)
A lovely sampler of some rare and half-forgotten pop from mid-’60s Uganda.
A poor nation, Uganda’s music industry was modest, particularly [...]
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MoRoots – Tulo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWvgFyzKqug
"MoRoots is a proudly Ugandan singer, songwriter, composer, saxophonist, classical pianist [...]"
https://www.morootsmusic.com/
Somi – The Lagos Music Salon
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-music-salon-somi/
The Lagos Music Salon is the 4th studio full-length album by jazz hybrid singer and songwriter Somi. It was released in 2014. Somi is an American Jazz and Pop singer and songwriter.
Her music is influenced by her Ugandan and Rwandan roots, and she resides between New York City and Lagos, Nigeria. […]
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Somi revisits Pata Pata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/somi-revisits-pata-pata/
This cover of Pata Pata is from "Zenzile, The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba," released, at the end of 2022, in which Somi reinterprets 17 songs of Mama Africa with a jazzy approach. At regular intervals, we hear excerpts from an interview with Mama Africa who explains in no uncertain terms what apartheid is. Somi brought […]
#Jazz #MiriamMakeba #Rwanda #SouthAfrica #Uganda #AfroJazz #Apartheid
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Nihiloxica – Kadodi / Black Kaveera
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nihiloxica-kadodi-black-kaveera/
From their debut album, Nihiloxica presents percussions and electronic music out of the Nyege Nyege collective.
The Kadodi rhythm traditionally accompanies the East Ugandan Imbalu circumcision ritual, and this traumatic yet powerful experience feeds the ferocity of the music.
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Nakibembe Embaire Group
In Nakibembe, a small village in Uganda's Busoga kingdom (one of the country's four remaining constitutional monarchies), locals have long reserved a communal area for musical performances and social events. In the middle of this space lies a deep pit that serves a single purpose: to amplify the embaire, an immense xylophone made up of between 15 and 25 wooden keys that stretches across the trench. [...]
https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/track/omukazi-iwe-ongeyengula-nguli-zna-ntyo-bwenkola-2
Faizal Mostrixx & Suzan Kerunen – Ebikokyo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/faizal-mostrixx-suzan-kerunen-ebikokyo/
Ebikokyo, a bold and pulsating musical project from Uganda, which fuses ancient influences from central Luo culture with hypnotic electronic beats.
Ugandan “tribal electronics” genius Faizal Mostrixx forges an entirely new path on a live collaboration with celebrated pop/folk singer Suzan Kerunen and instrumentalist Aloysius Migadde. [...]
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Extra Soul Perception
https://amf.didiermary.fr/extra-soul-perception/
In November 2019, eight artists from Kenya, Uganda and the UK spent a week in Nairobi together making an album exploring new tangents in soul music. The group, collectively known as Extra Soul Perception, is made up of Faizal Mostrixx (Ug), Hibotep (Ug), K15 (UK), Karun (Ke), Labdi (Ke), Lex Amor (UK), Lynda Dawn (UK) […]
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Nyege Nyege Tapes – Music for the Eagles
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nyege-nyege-tapes-music-eagles/
East African Underground shows a group of innovative artists throughout the region, trying to build a creative community and share their future-forward music, pushing boundaries.
“Music for the Eagles” is one of their experiments. From the Horn down to Mozambique – visionary music runs deep across East Africa.
#Kenya #Mixtape #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Tanzania #Uganda #Electro #Rap
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RE: https://mas.to/@econetwork/116867258925663801
Dear friends,
since purchasing their own land, the Eco Youths Network Uganda has worked very hard to create a beautiful farm, and is working with young people to learn about sustainability in practice!
Now they are facing the increasingly strong dry seasons, and are looking for a permanent access to water on their land -- please support them!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/water-well-at-eco-youths-farm
(This campaign is again organized by me on GoFundMe because they don't allow organizers from Uganda)
#Uganda #Sustainability
Arsenal Mikebe – Boiller Omukka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/arsenal-mikebe-boiller-omukka/
Based in Kampala, Arsenal Mikebe are a groundbreaking Ugandan ensemble who playfully dance around the fringes of acoustic and electronic music, infusing tempo-fluxed polyrhythms with dizzying chants and ghostly synthetic drones.
The band is made up of percussionists Ssentongo Moses, Dratele Epiphany, Luyambi Vincent de Paul and was co-founded by Portugese sonic alchemist Jonathan Uliel [……
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown to nearly 500 suspected cases and 116 deaths, and the World Health Organization has declared it a public health emergency of international concern. @NBCNews has more on how the virus spreads and the risk of a larger outbreak.
Leo PaLayeng – Elephant Dance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng-elephant-dance/
This is Acholitronix (ElectroAcholi), traditional songs and rhythms from the Acholi people in Uganda (to South-Sudan), revisited with electro. Elephant dance is a tribal inspired creation blended with heavy electronic synth, produced from 2014-2020.
Musician, producer/Dj, architect of the “Acholitronix” genre, a hyper-frenetic version of electronic music with high BPM (90-200), [...]
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Somi — Sometimes Love Feat. The Cavemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wsGyTp6isk
From upcoming album "What Does It Take to Bloom?," out in August.
R.I.P Geoffrey Oryema
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-geoffrey-oryema/
Geoffrey Oryema (1953-2018) was forced to flee Uganda after his father (a cabinet minister) was murdered by the armed forces of dictator Idi Amin in 1977. When he moved to France in the 80’s, his love of music earned him a deal with Peter Gabriel’s Real World. […]
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🔴 LIVE: Press Conference by the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on #Ebola caused by Bundibugyo virus in #DRC and #Uganda▶️ www.youtube.com/live/vLlbTW5...
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