Browsing by Author "Isabirye, James"
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Can indigenous music learning processes inform contemporary schooling
Isabirye, James (International Journal of Music Education, 2021-02-24)This autoethnographic study investigated possibility of incorporating indigenous pedagogies into Ugandan school music and, possibly, general education. School music education in Uganda currently occurs within a colonial-influenced ... -
Indigenous music learning in contemporary contexts: nurturing learner identity, agency, and passion
Isabirye, James (Research Studies in Music Education., 2021-02-20)I studied the revival project that involved teaching and (re)learning of a nearly extinct music tradition of the Basoga people from Uganda, to find out what might be learnt about and from those learning processes, and ... -
Namadu drum music and dance as mediation of healing rituals among the Bagwere people of Uganda
Isabirye, James (Taylor& FrancisOnline: Journal of Music Research in Africa., 2021-03-18)This article reports on a study that investigated the namadu healing ritual of the Bagwere people of Uganda. The ritual involves drumming, singing and dancing, as well as sacrificing chicks, birds and animals towards gaining ... -
''Reclaiming indigenous epistemes : entenga drums revival at Kyambogo University''. In decolonising African Higher Education
Isabirye, James (Routledge, 2022)This chapter clarifies how Indigenous pedagogies could contribute to university music education and general education pedagogy. This is based on a project in which Musisi Mukalazi Livingstone, master musician, successfully ... -
Sustainability of the Bigwala musical heritage of Busoga kingdom, in Uganda
Isabirye, James (Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-04)This study intended to investigate the sustainability of the bigwala musical heritage of Busoga Kingdom, in Uganda. The escalating extinction of rustic music traditions across the globe leaves bigwala heritage in a highly ...