Tunesia-born Jean-Pierre Smadja, or ‘Smadj’, has a passion for two things: music and technology. He was influenced from an early age by an eclectic mix of Oriental and Brazilian music, jazz, funk and soul. As a guitarist, Smadj toured the jazz clubs of Paris with a variety of groups, such as French band Faudel and …
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Runyonga
Ruyonga is a Ugandan Gospel Hip Hop artist collaborating with YEGO Productions Ltd under Kinetic Management Group (KMG). Having been out of the country for about a decade, he seems to be making up for lost time. Ruyonga’s music seems to cut across different ages and class brackets, but mostly urban youth and young adults. …
CAB
CAB – that is brought to you by Alliance Française Kampala – is the meeting of African, Caribbean and Brazilian music orchestrated by Canonge (A Carib from the Caribbean) – Adriano( Brazilian from Brazil) – Bassy (an African from Cameroon) Mario Canonge Mario Canonge is a pianist from Martinique. He started playing in his teen …
Ary Morais
Ary Morais (1974) is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Cape Verde with a strong connection to Norway since 1995. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway within the world music genre, with his modern version of traditional music from his native country such as Coladera, Morna, Batuqe and Funana. Morais released …
Ras Alex
Ras Alex is Ugandan, born as Alex Ssegujja in Mukono. He grew up in Nsambia, Kampala, always loving reggae music and creating his own songs. He started recording his music in 2011 and all the songs that have been released in his name up to now were written and composed by himself, for example sufferation, …
Chrispin Ngabirama
Chrispin Ngabirama is the 8th child in a family of eleven from Rwanda. He was born in Bujumbura, Burundi because his parents sought refuge from the genocide in Rwanda. Already as a little boy Chrispin used to sing in church together with his old brother and was inspired by the Kings of Reggae and African …
Sifa Kelele
Sifa Kelele was founded in April 2011 upon the initiative of Mary Sebunya and some of her musical friends. Their musical journey was dedicated to creating positive developmental change through the vehicle of music and supporting other young and upcoming (mostly female) musicians. Over the years, the band has grown and is now composed of …
Dr. Bone
Born Bandile Maphalala, Dr. Bone stems from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. At the age of 12 he moved to Durban where he started a career as a dancer with the Pantsula group AmaRiffifi that left a mark in the local dance scene in the early 2000s. Whilst dancing, he was inspired by the ghetto reality …
Zawuka
Zawuka is a young Ugandan band composed of three individuals – Edris, Kia and Irene – that are joined together by the passion of music. All members are equipped with different tones and style of voice that blend into its Zawuka chemistry of music. The young band, with a funky edge, playing Afro-soul-funk with a …
Jackie Senyonjo
Jackie Senyonjo is a multiple award winning artist best known for her string of hits like Bumper, Ndopeera Gwe, Neetaga gwe and Gyogenda. Jackie Senyonjo is a songwriter, singer and choir director. She started singing in her teenage years in scripture union and in 1999 joined Kansanga Miracle Center Choir where she developed her musical …