#Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art which was created as a form of self-defence by slaves brought to Brazil from Africa. Capoeira emerged as a way of fighting the oppression that was faced by the African slaves in Brazil. This unique art form was therefore created as a fight for freedom. The slaves and their descendants …
Category archives: 2014
Santuri Safari ft. Jonas My Radio, My Voice
Santuri Safari is a collaborative music project supporting underground electronic sounds in East Africa. It seeks to engage various stakeholders like radio DJs, performing DJs and producing DJs in developing musical products with a strong East African identity, emphasising new music, fusion projects, remixes and edits to enhance and eventually replace the dominating mainstream foreign music …
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Trash on Fashion Show ft. Modo Fashion House
This year’s fashion show – the TrashOnFashionShow– is be brought to you by Afrika ARTS Kollective. A “Fashion Dome” made out recycled materials will be installed at the Open Space in the festival venue where the fashion shows, organized in collaboration with Modo Fashion House from Gulu (UG), shall take place on Saturday 20th and …
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Jungle De Maneater
Born in Bugembe, Jinja in 1986, Yasin Bamulumba aka Jungle De Maneater is the last of 9 children. Yasin started singing as a child and played traditional Ugandan instruments (adungu, xylophone and akogo) while in school. This all contributed to the beginning of his music career in 2004 when he chose to follow his passion and to …
Bantu Clan
Bantu Clan is a trio of Zimbabwean female Kendi Lava who sings and raps in Shona, and two male emcees: Chimney Mc from Eastern Uganda who raps in Lusoga and Geno Mafeey from Western Uganda who raps in Rukiga. Bantu Clan was founded in 2013 after the first Hip Hop Bootcamp that was organised under the Youth …
Newz Beat Uganda
Newz Beat Uganda is a program featuring on NTV for young people, by young people, about the issues that matter to young people. The programme is delivered in verse and rhyme by Lugaflow artists Lady Slyke, Survivor and MC Loy that take the place of news anchors. As “newsicians” they collaborate to pen their rhymes, which are then …
Big Spit Music
Fort Portal-based Big Spit Music was founded in 2012 by Muhumuza Joseph a.k.a. Sagio Mhza, Asiimwe Nabbi Collins and Damascus Da OB with the aim to inspire, encourage, motivate, nurture and engage the talent in youth in Tooro and Bunyoro. Through its Hip Hop music, artists signed on to Big Spit Music – such as …
Dream House Uganda
Dream House Uganda is a dance group from Mbale that was started by the Bogere brothers Allan and Ronnie together with a number of other dancers. following a series of training workshops by Youth & Hip Hop project and Breakdance Project Uganda. Dream House Uganda aims to bridge the gap between youth of different religious, tribal and …
Blue Stars Modern Taarab
Taarab music is a fusion of Swahili tunes sung in rhythmic poem spiced with Arabic or at times Indian melodies. It is a popular music genre at the coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya. But wherever the Swahili speaking people travelled, Taraabu culture moved with them. No wonder it has also penetrated to as far …
The Punchliners
Stand up comedy has grown at an incredible rate in Kampala. The latest crew in the scene is the @The Punchliners, put together and organised by Anrnold Bubi-Nyo, a standup comedian. The group has its weekly show at Waikiki’s in Centenary Park and their audiences are growing by the bunch every week. The Punchliners are …