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  • 'Fundamental change' in Tororo Hospital 26 Jul 2008 17:51 GMT
    ... Last Sunday, I joined my very beautiful Ugandan friends Angelina and Anita at a church ... if swept by God’s calm and fresh African breeze and, without notice, ‘bang’, went the music. As I came to my senses, the ...

  • Trial of Mengo 3 will be trial of Buganda Kingdom 26 Jul 2008 17:28 GMT
    ... about discussing how ethnicity will help E. Africa? The chief executives of top East African companies last weekend met in Kampala, the ... proper socio-political context. As political events in Kenya showed early this year when post-election violence ...

  • Maurice Kirya redefines Ugandan entertainment 26 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... Everything about Uganda’s music industry is obvious and predictable. It’s the ... known as Weezy, and one of East Africa’s best bands known as Baxba Waves will ...

  • Ndagire defies local borders with authentic African music 26 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... Ndagire defies local borders with authentic African music Music, it is said, mops from our ... to judge the artiste who communicates in Luganda and a few Swahili lines in the ...

  • English Orientalist Burton´s Excursion to Berbera: Heralding Ruthless Colonial Rule 26 Jul 2008 13:53 GMT
    ... Harar) from the book ´First footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar´ of the ... of the distant sea. Revived by the music, we pushed on more cheerily. At last ...

  • Uganda: Kerunen Gets Kora Award Nod 26 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... nominated for an award at the Kora All-Africa Music Awards is no mean feat. This is ... won two Kora Awards for Best Male East African Artiste and Best Male African Artiste in ... These four will battle it out with Kenya's A Star, Nameless, Valerie Kimani and Wahu ...

  • Uganda: Nicolette Could Be East Africa's Idol 26 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... Africa must still be reeling from the aftershocks ... exit posted a high reading on the musical Richter scale. This is what television reality ... 2. Eric and Nicolette will sing three songs each. They will each be performing the ...

  • About time musicians took vocal training seriously 26 Jul 2008 01:38 GMT
    ... vocal cords. Tusker Project Fame and Idols East Africa, the two singing reality shows that have ... humming voice teacher Helen Mtawali engaged the East African contestants in as child play. Those were ...

  • Urban Theater Fest kicks off Tuesday 25 Jul 2008 22:00 GMT
    ... products and services including apparel, home accessories, music, entertainment products, theater memorabilia, health, beauty and ... by The Children's Trust; Wednesday, 1-3 p.m., African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Ave. ... 2640 Washington St. Cost: $25. Actor Stogie Kenyatta brings history to life with his rendition ...

  • Africa news round up: 25.07.08 25 Jul 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... in Warri, Nigeria. Photographer: George Osodi The Ugandan president has been labelled as yet another ... yet another power hungry "big man" in Africa by critics concerned he is becoming increasingly autocratic. The ... supplies in Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya. There have already been hundreds of deaths in ...

  • Kerunen Gets Kora Award Nod 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
    ... nominated for an award at the Kora All-Africa Music Awards is no mean feat. This is ... won two Kora Awards for Best Male East African Artiste and Best Male African Artiste in ... These four will battle it out with Kenya's A Star, Nameless, Valerie Kimani and Wahu ...

  • Film Notes: Forbes names Vaughn best in star payback 25 Jul 2008 07:00 GMT
    ... and then heading to Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana and finishing at the most southern ... at the most southern post of South Africa. "Long Way Down" is a follow-up to ...

  • Africa: Boys of Mass Destruction 25 Jul 2008 06:36 GMT
    ... 6 to 15, rip through an unnamed African country, terrorising and slaying everything in their ... experienced myself." Jal was born in war-torn Sudan in the early 1980s. At the age of ... After her death, he became interested in music, which he found to be therapeutic and ...

  • Boys of Mass Destruction 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
    ... 6 to 15, rip through an unnamed African country, terrorising and slaying everything in their ... experienced myself." Jal was born in war-torn Sudan in the early 1980s. At the age of ... After her death, he became interested in music, which he found to be therapeutic and ...

  • Barnes & Noble Exclusive: Lucy Woodward Is... Hot And Bothered 25 Jul 2008 05:10 GMT
    ... album is co-produced by long-time collaborator and musical director, Itaal Shur, whose songwriting credits include ... her to tour internationally throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and South America. She earned a BMI songwriter's Award ... for the children of the villages of Kenya. She was invited recently to perform benefits ...


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