Before there was jazz, soul, R&B, rock, or hip hop, there was the beat of African drums. All 8 billion of us on this planet have our ancestral roots on the African continent, and the same is true for many of the most widely consumed sounds and rhythms that move us. Music from the African […]
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The Nyege Nyege rapper strikes again, and she hits hard. Yallah Beibe, produced in collaboration with Debmaster is the logical sequel to Kubali, a project released in 2019, and also produced as a duo with the French beatmaker. The album, conceived in Kampala in the company of Japanese producer Scotch Rolex and Congolese producer Chrisman, shows the experimental power […]
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Ugandan TV journalist Simon Kaggwa Njala’s face has got to be one of the memed faces of by most Ugandans who use the internet. But how did this Ugandan TV personality become the meme of the year? On December 18th, 2012, an episode of English-language morning show Morning Breeze aired on Ugandan TV channel NBS […]
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Buddo Secondary School basketball boys’ team recorded their second victory at the on-going Fresh Dairy Secondary Schools games in Mbarara city on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A convincing 51-34 win inspired John Omondi and Jackson Okisai’s coached side to their second win.This followed a 53-24 victory over Nyakasura school on match day one. Against Ndejje […]
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Hip-hop was a niche genre only a few decades ago, but today hip-hop is the most popular form of music in the country and one of the most popular worldwide. By September 2022, Drake, arguably one of the most popular rappers of all time, had already surpassed icons like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson to […]
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This August, Howard University will host a 2-day Hip-Hop conference and block party. The conference will feature panel presentations by Hip-Hop Studies scholars from around the world, intergenerational conversations with Hip-Hop artists, workshops, activities, and performances. The conference is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop culture’s emergence in the South Bronx. Many trace […]
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Duncan Mubiru has registered another achievement in his rally career by winning his first the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally on Sunday in Jinja. Mubiru with Joseph Bongole calling the notes brought their Ford Fiesta Proto to top place after assuming the rally lead on Saturday following the earlier rally leader Yasin Nasser’s retirement from […]
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By a show of hands, how many people have recorded themselves doing something sexual? It is 2023. No one should judge anyone for recording a video or taking a nude and sharing it. Relationships have become very open about things like sharing nudes. Long-distance relationships survive because of those moments shared on video or pictures […]
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Despite the fact that Olaxess’ shooting rang out “a sense of fear” amongst some government critics like self-exiled Sweden based blogger ‘Peng Peng’, Uganda Blogger’s Association deputy leader Wisdom Kaye vowed to continue with expressing unfavorable opinion.
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