Music of Northern Uganda: video playlist
In December 2012 the Singing Wells team travelled to Uganda to record the music of the northern tribes, including the Alur, Acholi, Iteso and Langi.
In December 2012 the Singing Wells team travelled to Uganda to record the music of the northern tribes, including the Alur, Acholi, Iteso and Langi.
The Singing Wells Project endeavours to understand the music we preserve by understanding its context as well as possible. To do this we’ve talked to as many of the locals of each area we visit as possible. Read Sabina’s story about the role of music in the post-war healing process
Read about Singing Wells’ new initiative: a musical map of East Africa.
After Patrick Ondiek and Steve Kivutia, went on a recce around Northern Uganda in September to help us put together an itinerary, I endeavored to discover a little more about the music we’d be discovering. Gulu: First we will discover the music of the Acholi tribe in Agago, where a variety of different styles of…
Steve and Patrick have been to Uganda to carry out a recce for the Singing Wells field visit in December. They spent 6 days doing research for the trip, starting in Entebbe and Kampala and travelling to Gulu, Arua, Nebbi and Pakwach in the north to explore the music of the area. They covered a…