Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Recent submissions
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Experimenting with child empowerment through Theatre for Development (TfD) in Uganda: my experience with a child rights TfD project in Gganda-Wakiso
(Consciousness, Literature and the Arts., 2018-04-01)The Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees the child’s freedom of expression, thought and association. It upholds child’s freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kind, regardless of ... -
The role of indigenous knowledge (IK) in adaptation to drought by agropastoral smallholder farmers in Uganda
(Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)., 2020-01)Majority of agro pastoral smallholder farmers in developing countries are characterised by low pay status, high illiteracy levels and are tied to cultural beliefs and spirits. These drawbacks have led them into using more ... -
Schizophrenic aesthetics in music videos about the LRA atrocities in northern Uganda
(Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies., 2016-07-04)This article examines the use of what I term ‘schizophrenic aesthetics’ in memory construction and the search for justice, peace, and reconciliation in contemporary music videos about the LRA war. I seek to establish how ... -
The interplay between music and politics in Uganda: a case of by-elections in Bugiri, Jinja East and Kyadondo East constituencies
(Kyambogo University, 2021-03)This study set out to understand the interplay between music and politics in Uganda, particularly focusing on by- elections of three places. For this case of by- elections in Bugiri, Jinja East, and Kyadondo East, the study ... -
Polygamy as a dominant pattern of sexual pairing among the Acholi of Uganda
(Springer Link: Sexuality and Culture., 2019-09-30)Polygamy has of recent been a focus of attention of scholars, traditionalists, human rights activists and feminists. Whereas human rights activists and feminists regard polygamy as oppressive, discriminative and barbaric, ... -
Namadu drum music and dance as mediation of healing rituals among the Bagwere people of Uganda
(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 ... -
Indigenous music learning in contemporary contexts: nurturing learner identity, agency, and passion
(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 ... -
Nutritional potential of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) from semi-arid and subhumid zones of Uganda
(Springer Link: Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 2020-01-03)It has been reported that plants that experience some form of stress while growing tend to accumulate increased levels of nutrients that are useful to humans. We compare the proximate and mineral composition of Tamarindus ... -
Ethnic pluralism and the challenge of thematic curriculum implementation in Uganda
(Taylor&Francis Online: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021)Uganda has been developing and revising its curricula since the time of British colonial rule. The latest revision of the primary education curriculum led to the introduction of the Thematic Curriculum in 2007. This ... -
Can indigenous music learning processes inform contemporary schooling
(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 ...