Fela enshrined
Fela Kuti’s friend, Carlos Moore, the black Cuban emigre writer, is the subject of a film about their at times difficult relationship. The result is complex.
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Dave Pier
Dave Pier is the author of Ugandan Music in the Marketing Era: The Branded Arena (Palgrave, 2015). It focuses on the commercial exploitation of traditional Ugandan music and dance. He is currently writing a book about kadongo kamu.
The resistance music of the Ugandan people
The pop star turned Member of Parliament, Bobi Wine, is only the latest in a long line of music-as-politics in Uganda.