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Music of Uganda, the Glossary

The music of Uganda is broad and diverse, ranging from traditional indigenous music to Ugandan versions of many contemporary genres.^[1]

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Afrigo Band

This is an article about a Ugandan musical band.The Afrigo Band is a Musical band in Uganda.

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Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a Nigerian music genre that involves the combination of West African musical styles from Ghana and Nigeria but mainly Nigeria, such as the traditional Yoruba and Igbo music and highlife, with American funk, jazz, and soul influences.

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AllAfrica

allAfrica is a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, politics, issues and culture.

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Allan Toniks

Allan Toniks, born Allan Ampaire, is a Ugandan singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer.

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Aziz Azion

Aziz Mukisa, professionally known by his stage name Aziz Azion (pronounced á-ʐðɲ), is a Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician.

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Baganda music

Baganda music is a music culture developed by the people of Uganda with many features that distinguish African music from other world music traditions.

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Balokole

Balokole is an African evangelical Christian reform movement started by Simeon Nsibambi and John E. Church in the 1930s.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.

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Bebe Cool

Bebe Cool (real name Moses Ssali; born on 1 September 1977) is a reggae and ragga musician from Uganda.

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Bernard Kabanda

Bernard Kabanda Sslongo (1959 – 4 September 1999) was an Ugandan guitarist.

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BET Awards 2015

The 15th BET Awards was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on June 28, 2015 and was televised on BET.

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Bigwala

Bigwala is a genre of ceremonial music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda centered around gourd trumpets.

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Black Market Records

Black Market Records is an American record label based in Sacramento, California, founded in 1989.

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Bobi Wine

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (born 12 February 1982), known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan politician, singer, and actor.

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Buju Banton

Mark Anthony Myrie (born 15 July 1973),Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, known professionally as Buju Banton, is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer.

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Busy Signal

Reanno Devon Gordon (born 24 January 1979), better known by his stage name Busy Signal, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist.

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Call and response

Call and response is a form of interaction between a speaker and an audience in which the speaker's statements ("calls") are punctuated by responses from the listeners.

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Celebrity

Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Contemporary worship music

Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship.

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Copyright

A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.

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Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.

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David Lutalo

David Lutalo (born 8 March 1986), is a Ugandan musician, artist and performer from East Africa, who rose to fame ten years back with his hit Kapapaala in 2008, released under his own Record Label "Da Hares".

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Desire Luzinda

Desire Luzinda is a Ugandan US California-based recording, performing artiste, philanthropist, and founder of Desire Luzinda Foundation International (DLFI) established on 5 June 2021.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.

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Eddy Kenzo

Edrisah Kenzo Musuuza, professionally known as Eddy Kenzo, is a Ugandan singer, music executive, the president and founder of Uganda National Musicians Federation and a member of Big Talent Entertainment.

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Elly Wamala

Elly Wamala (13 December 1935 – 22 August 2004) was a Ugandan musician.

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Fred Masagazi

Fred Masagazi (1937–2009) was a Ugandan "Afrojazz" musician.

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Gabriel K

Gabriel Kakuru, professionally known as Gabriel K, is a Ugandan R&B/Soul singer-songwriter and businessman.

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Goodlyfe Crew

Radio & Weasel was a Ugandan music Duo that performed under their record label Goodlyfe Crew a Ugandan music group with lead performers being singers Moses Radio (born Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo) and (born Douglas Mayanja).

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.

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Herman Basudde

Herman Basudde (1958–1997) was a Ugandan kadongo kamu musician.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Iryn Namubiru

Irene Gladys Namubiru, also known as Iryn Namubiru, (born 13 December 1981) is a Ugandan female vocalist.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jimmy Katumba

Jimmy Katumba (1955 – 13 August 2006) was a Ugandan popular music singer.

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Jose Chameleone

Joseph Mayanja (born 30 April 1979), better known by the stage name Jose Chameleone, is a Ugandan AfroBeat artist and musician.

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Judith Babirye

Judith Babirye is a Ugandan gospel musician and politician.

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Kabaka of Buganda

Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.

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Kadongo Kamu

Kadongo Kamu is a music genre native to Uganda and is the oldest mainstream music genre in the country.

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Kidandali

Kidandali is a stylistic music genre featuring the use of native sounds and samples from Uganda.

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Klear Kut

Klear Kut is a five-member Ugandan ensemble consisting of Navio, Papito, Abba Lang, JB, and The mith.

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Kwaito

Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s.

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Legatum

Legatum Limited, also known as Legatum, is a private investment firm, headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Levixone

Levixone is a Ugandan gospel musician born on December 7, 1992.

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Luganda

Ganda or Luganda (Oluganda) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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MTV Africa Music Awards

The MTV Africa Music Awards (also known as the MAMAs) were established in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa (now Viacom International Media Networks Africa) to celebrate the most popular contemporary music in Africa.

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Music industry

The music industry refers to the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators.

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Navio (rapper)

Daniel Lubwama Kigozi (popularly known as Navio, born 18 October 1983) is a Ugandan rapper and record producer.

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Nick Nola

Nicholas Tatambuka (born July 1985), better known by his stage names Nick Nola and Nicky Nola, is a Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter and dancer who came to prominence as a member of the musical group Hip Hop Canvas.

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Papa Cidy

Papa Cidy (born Hamidu Sekyeru, 8 March 1986) is a Ugandan singer and music executive.

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Patois

Patois (pl. same or) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics.

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Paulo Kafeero

Paulo Kafeero born Paul Job Kafeero and musically or commonly known as Prince Job Paulo Kafeero(Golden boy of Africa)(12 July 1970 – 17 May 2007) was a Ugandan Afro-folk singer.

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Pearl of Africa Music Awards

The Pearl of Africa Music Awards (also known as the PAM Awards) was an annual national music award event held in Uganda.

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Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit.

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Philly Lutaaya

Philly Bongoley Lutaaya (19 October 1951 – 15 December 1989) was a Ugandan musician who was the first prominent Ugandan to give a human face to HIV/AIDS.

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A promoter works with event production and entertainment industries to promote their productions, including in music and sports.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Uganda

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