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 ...

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 ...

Ugandans woke up on Thursday to the sudden news of the death of veteran musician Moses Matovu, the saxophonist and founding figure of Afrigo Band, who died at the age of 77.Matovu, whose career in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veteran Ugandan musician Moses Matovu, a founding member and longtime leader of Afrigo Band, has died aged 77 after sustaining injuries in an attack in Kampala. Matovu died at Kibuli Hospital on ...

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 ...