International creative duo Nsimbi, comprising GNL Zamba and Miriam Tamar, have ventured into film with Infinity, a debut musical film that brings together music, cinema, fashion, poetry, dance and ...

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 ...

The Ugandan music scene in 2025 has been loud, exciting, and richly entertaining. From electrifying live performances to visually stunning productions, this year proved that music in Uganda is not ...

Over the past decade, politics has consumed a generation of musicians, deeply dividing Uganda’s music industry, which analysts now predict has a bleak future. President Yoweri Museveni’s main ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan music star and political leader currently in exile. Framing his movement as a "people power" struggle by young Ugandans for ...

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 ...

The B2C Entertainment Group has defended the collective licensing model for music royalties, warning that misconceptions around the system risk undermining Uganda's music industry at a critical stage ...

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music. By Tom Faber See more of our coverage in your ...