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	Music of Uganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The African country of Uganda has had a turbulent history in the 20th century, and music has been an integral part of the nation's development.
		Kampala is the center for Ugandan music, especially the area of, which the is the home of.
		Music includes massive and sacred drums, until their destruction in the 1960s, and vibrant dances called the.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Music_of_Uganda (500 words)

	Music of Uganda -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Most of the popular Ugandan songs in (The Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda) Luganda, the language of the country, come from the album Born in Africa, which was produced by Philly Lutaaya with the exile community in Sweden.
		(The capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria) Kampala is the center for Ugandan music, especially the area of Wandegeya, which the is the home of kadongo kamu.
		Instruments include the (A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers) harp-like adunga and numerous percussion instruments.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_uganda.htm (636 words)

	Uganda - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Republic of Uganda is a country in east central Africa.
		Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt.
		Ongoing Ugandan involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, corruption within the government, and slippage in the government's determination to press reforms raise doubts about the continuation of strong growth.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Uganda (774 words)

	Encyclopedia: Music of Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lingala is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
		Acholiland, Uganda The Acholi are an ethnolinguistic group of the upper Nile valley dwelling on the east bank of the White Nile, about a hundred miles north of Lake Albert.
		In East African music the mbira (also lkembe) is a gourd- resonated thumb piano, a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached fitted into a resonator.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Uganda (1003 words)

	Music of Uganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lately new artists have brought a fusion of cross cultural music that blends western styles with EastAfrican rhythms these include multi-instrumentalist Kaz Kasozi, Samiteand [Essence Kasozi].
		A new style of music has developed in East Africa in recent years called takeu (also utake, which comes from the first letters of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda).
		Music includes massive and sacred drums, and vibrant dances called the bakisimba.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Uganda (494 words)

	Uganda the country and the people - Bantu tradition - text in English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Republic of Uganda is an independent nation in central Africa (East Africa), bordered on the east by Kenya, on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda, on the west by Zaire, and on the north by Sudan.
		Uganda has been created by the union of many people, ancient people with their own traditional lands, their own customs and a way of life inherited from their ancestors.
		Ugandas people can be classified into several broad linguistic groups: the bantu-speaking majority, who live in the central, southern and western parts of the country; and non-bantu speakings who live in the eastern, northern and northwestern part of the country (who maybe we can split in sub-groups similar the nilotic and central-sudanic people).
	www.music.ch /face/inform/poeple_uganda.html (5264 words)

	UGANDA
		It said traditional music and was subtitled 'Songs and dances from the land of Ngaali'.
		A comprehensive selection of music from professional musicians who once practiced their art at the Royal Courts of the Kingdom of Buganda, the southwestern part of the modern country of Uganda on the shores of Lake Victoria.
		Music was a very important part of Court life and no other African rulers maintained such a rich variety of musical ensembles.
	www.natari.com /uganda.htm (440 words)

	UK Uganda Network - Scout Resources - Music
		Music, dancing and singing are very important to the Ugandan people.
		Music is also very important for Scouts at camp and is often used to welcome visitors.
		Invite the Scouts to discuss the different attitudes to music that Scouts of Uganda and Scouts in the United Kingdom have.
	www.ugandanetwork.org.uk /activity/scouts/music.htm (385 words)

	MusicUganda.Com
		Music Uganda Photogallery: Because of the increasing number of photos we have at MusicUganda.com, we have made an index of all our photogalleries.
		We are here to promote Uganda's traditional and contemporary music, drama and culture in all it's diversity internationally.
		African music is very rich and needs to be studied and documented before it is wholly globalized.
	www.musicuganda.com (258 words)

	Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		from amazon.com : Samite of Uganda resides in the United States now, so his frequently autobiographical music tends to romanticize his homeland, the titular "pearl of Africa," as well as his mother, to whom this album is dedicated.
		As he mentioned, this is not for everyone, but no music is...
		To compare his earlier music to this CD is like comparing a street performer to a polished stage act...
	music.mysic.ca /Uganda (416 words)

	Secular Music from Uganda Downloads :: calabashmusic.com
		The Calabash Music Store is the easiest way to instantly buy and download hard-to-find music from around the world.
		Calabash Music is about changing the music industry...a better way to buy music...a fair trade for the artists.
		Secular Music from Uganda presents music from the early 1950s, and is dominated by the versatility of traditional instruments from the area, notably thumb piano, xylophone, horizontal harp, horns and...
	secularmusicfromuganda.calabashmusic.com (209 words)

	The Africa Guide - Uganda - Music
		All the music recommended below are available from one of our Affiliate companies and when selected, the link will take you directly to the relevant page on our Affiliates' website where you can listen to samples and will find prices and ordering details.
		His unique introspective style is what makes this album as special as it is. You can hear the intense melancholia and pain that he has endured in the lyrics, including his exile from his homeland, his yearnings for his land of Anaka, his attempts to soothe his widowed mother.
		This music's resonance and intensity as well the spiritual power and diversity of Geoffrey Oreyma voice in his native tongue.
	www.africaguide.com /country/uganda/music.htm (381 words)

	allAfrica.com: Uganda [opinion]: Many Issues Regarding Music in Uganda Need Thorough Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		First to note is that musicians who produce works which contain shallow musical concepts are the ones with the ability to influence FM stations to have their music aired and probably given power-play.
		However, the pleasure of listening to music on radio and requesting for what one wants (as the case with our popular music) is not naive but the true nature of the art and therefore there is no blame to place on listeners.
		Music is undoubtedly always music with all its professional approaches and nothing else.
	allafrica.com /stories/200502020496.html (503 words)

	allAfrica.com: Uganda: Reggae Music on the Rise in Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Initially, reggae was developed as a voice of the downtrodden, it is also the music of the Rastafarian movement usually in praise of Jah (who is the supreme being among the Rastafarians), but current trends have proved otherwise.
		Many more young men were captivated by this style of music and they joined in, the group grew and they changed their name to Blood Brothers.
		Proof that reggae music is sweeping Uganda was the Bob Marley anniversary celebration at Steak Out in February, where a big crowd of all classes from the upmarket to the middle and lower classes all turned up for the event.
	allafrica.com /stories/200510270663.html (1281 words)

	Amadinda - Albert Ssempeke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Albert Ssempeke, now in his 70s, is an outstanding multi-instrumentalist, and one of the few musicians alive who have deep knowledge of the former music traditions of the Kingdom of Buganda.
		After the kingdoms were abolished in 1968 by Milton Obote, most royal musicians refused to play royal music anymore, as a form of protest.
		Recordings made by Peter Cooke of Albert Ssempeke were released recently on the cd "The King's Musicians: Royalist Music from Uganda".
	www.cee.hw.ac.uk /~ceeawc/amadindaOld/ssempeke.php (291 words)

	The Store @ buganda.com
		On this CD, he features traditional folk music of the Baganda, adapted and rearranged in a neo-classical style to appeal to a wide audience.
		Other Collections of traditional music from Uganda that you may want to try: Music from Uganda (Caprice Series) Volume 1 and Volume 2.
		African Music Essentials for example to get a taste of contemporary music from all over Africa including hits by the likes of Manu Dibango, Kanda Bongo Man, Salif Keita, Miriam Makeba, and Ladysmith Black Mumbazo.
	www.buganda.com /thestore.htm (943 words)

	ARTS WEEKLY-MUSIC/UGANDA: Message of Abstinence Getting Through
		IPS caught up with him Jul. 23, when he and his group 'M-Community' were preparing to travel to Rakai, southern Uganda, where the country's first case of HIV/AIDS was reported in 1982.
		When U.S. President George W. Bush visited Uganda on Jul. 11 he commended the role played by such groups in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country.
		For many in Uganda, the value of this achievement is beyond measure.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2003/IP030728.html (1104 words)

	Royal Court Music Of Uganda, 1950 & 1952 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Royal Court Music Of Uganda, 1950 & 1952
		Royal Court Music Of Uganda, 1950 & 1952 records a now unheard music from rituals used to praise and support the kings of the Ganda, Nyora and Ankole people of Uganda, all now history in the wake of the political changes that swept all of Africa since the late 1950s.
		The 30 tracks include Ganda harpist and flautists, solo and as accompanists for singers; xylophone pieces (with and without drummers) and a stand-out recording of a trio of lyre, fiddle and drum backing a singer.
	www.cdroots.com /st-tracey-008.html (277 words)

	La musique en Ouganda
		MUSIC and DANCE OF UGANDA, EAST AFRICA The Uganda Cultural Troupe October 2000 Located on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, the East Central African...
		Kortisar/PPR-are...(EMI Hemisphere) 5/97-98 Music from Uganda 1 and 2 (Caprice)...
		RecAfrica...festival, and ceremonial music from Uganda, Mali, Togo, and...
	www.africa-onweb.com /culture/musique/pays/ouganda (1627 words)

	Primates and Royal Music of Uganda \| Uganda \| Safari
		Join Nichole Smaglick in exploring the music of two tribes in Uganda, the Buganda and the Busoga.
		These villages are the homes to many of Uganda's greatest traditional musicians, with some of them royal court musicians in their childhood.
		In the heart of these villages we will be transformed from tourist to guest to friend as we not only learn their music and dance, but also share a slice of time.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/4620.html (569 words)

	JRS Informes - Northern Uganda: The Music Continues
		People are tired, traumatized, even demoralized from the long war of 18 years, being put into camps, shot at, abducted, forced to fight a war that few really understand.
		She has 2 children, ages 1 and 3, and was able to escape a few weeks ago with her children.
		I was deeply moved; it has been a powerful, spiritual journey for me. The songs and music of their harps continue.
	www.jesref.org /reports/report.php?lang=es&repId=ug041215aen (1448 words)

	Music in Uganda :: Welcome
		This website is a one-stop online reference for all your music requirements ranging from the History to the latest trends of music in Uganda.
		The least expensive ways to record music, the place where you can watch your favourite local groups perform and what you would expect at particular events.
		Uganda being a country with different cultures provides a great opportunity for interested parties to discover different forms of rural and urban music....
	musicinuganda.8m.com (137 words)

	Music from Uganda 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A first-ever digital sound presentation of one of the fantastic music countries of Africa.
		The rhythm here is the centre of a band of about fifteen "thumb pianos", a one-man band or a genuine "party band" playing dance music on "modernised" harps.
		Music from Uganda 3: Modern Echoes from Kampala
	www.caprice.rikskonserter.se /folkojazz/worldmusic/music_from_uganda.htm (151 words)

	Royal Court Music from Uganda Downloads :: calabashmusic.com
		In 1966 the palaces of the Ganda, Nyoro and Ankole peoples were seized and burned, the musicians dispersed or killed and the royal instruments destroyed.
		The 'thumb-piano' and 'musical bow' are now as rare in Zambia as they were once...
		Too often, world hiphop groups focus so much on the lyrics that the music suffers, often sounding like cheap parodies of US-UK hiphop.
	royalcourtmusicuganda.calabashmusic.com (298 words)

	Peace African Youth Ensemble - "Mama Africa"
		traditional ugandan music, music of uganda, ugandan music, african music, music of africa.
		Then, when we were all facing the terror of Y2K (remember that?) I took my first trip to Uganda and landed in Kampala on New Year's eve 1999 just as we were about to enter the new millennium.
		While on a romantic trip to visit una chicita bonita called Gabriela, I was rewarded in my endeavour to help a little girl who lost her legs.
	peaceafricanyouth.spivideo.com (2208 words)

	Uganda - Time - Weather - Coins - Hotels - Music
		From Masindi, goods were trucked on to Masindi Port on Lake Kyoga where it was shipped down to Soroti and then by railway to Mombassa.
		If you are en-route to anywhere in Uganda or Kenya consider breaking up your journey at The Rock Classic Hotel Tororo.
		Music: Stay Inside - the new frontier of the music - free music, rock, lyrics, song, mp3, download, author, rock.
	www.exxun.com /Uganda/k_lk.html (445 words)

	TV in uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		On this show, you will get to see all the new and pre-released music and Junior gives us gossip the 411 on what is happening in the lives of our favourite celebrities.
		She is a prominent Ugandan VJ in Canada: Known simply as Nam to her friends and fans, 27-year-old Namugenyi Kiwanuka has been a VJ with Much Music for the past four years.
		In spite of her youth, the gifted artist is now set to broaden her job skills by hosting a new show on Sportsnet called NBA XL premiering in November.
	www.musicuganda.com /tv (251 words)

	Uganda Music News - Music Industry Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Museveni said Uganda has so many "secrets" such as food, music, languages and a rich culture that the world would be "surprised when it gets...
		The music fountain in her welled up and she...
		Most of these stories are not published by Music Industry Today and these links will take you to other websites.
	www.musicindustrytoday.com /uganda (1110 words)

	African Music on the Internet
		An introduction to African music in 100 CDs is a directory arranged by country, name of artists or groups, CD titles, artists (including compilations), style of music, instrument, language, type of music, and label.
		Sells beautiful hand-crafted musical instruments." Included with any kora is a day of instruction with David Gilden, who will teach you how tune, fix broken strings when they occur, and get you started on learning the basics of the music." The kora is played in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali.
		Their Music of Africa series is for those with a general interest in African music.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/music.html (6456 words)

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