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'From war cacophonies to rhythms of peace': popular cultural music in post-1986 Uganda.

From: Current Writing: Text and Reception in SouthernAfrica  |  Date: 7/1/2006  |  Author: Isabirye, Joel; Ssewakiryanga, Richard

Abstract

The materials being collected for the Popular Culture Archives at the Centre for Basic Research in Kampala are the point of departure for this paper. It focuses on the development of popular music genres in Uganda since 1986, places this in the context of political history since independence, and discusses the particular configuration of popular culture in Uganda. Popular music and song have been used, since the days of Idi Amin, both to celebrate the political ...

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