A History of Recording East African Music News
…can music, often a tricky task. In addition, sometimes it is difficult to know, for those who are not experts, exactly how the East African words are spelt: Cooke suggests that ‘a “fuzzy” keyword search facility seems very necessary.’ Moreover, the British Library online archive is difficult to use for Ugandans, as they often experience power cuts, do not have the necessary bandwidth to stream the content and are unable to actually download the ma…
The Tribal and Musical Structure of East Africa – Worldmap Research News
…the Acholi and other tribes we will come across during our field visit to Northern Uganda this month. As result of the tragic war in Northern Uganda, where the civilians faced terror from Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army, the Acholi are emphasizing even more the importance of musical, dance and festival tradition, in an attempt to rediscover their cultural glory. Now 90% of the Acholi tribe have been moved to displacement camps. Their cultural…