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Community musicking and musical cognition among adungu music communities of the Acholi people from Awach, Gulu district, Northern Uganda
(Research Studies in Music Education, 2024-07-31)This ethnographic inquiry investigated the nature of musical cognition that engagements in the Ugandan Acholi people’s adungu music culture engender, what can be understood about musical cognition in nonwesternized oral ... -
Democratising the Theatre for Development (TfD) Space through Balancing Power Dynamics: Analysing Practice-Based Experiences from Uganda
(Routledge, 2024)The awareness of power dynamics is fundamental in the implementation of a democratic Theatre for Development (TfD) process. This chapter draws from the author’s practical experiences with TfD practice in Uganda to advocate ... -
Kadodi dance performance and community mobilization for social and economic emancipation of the bamasaaba people in Mbale district, Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-10)This study sought to investigate the performance of Kadodi dance as a tool for community mobilization of the Bamasaaba people in Mbale district to engage in activities that might improve their social and economic conditions. ... -
Music instruction practices and competence of Secondary school music teacher trainees: a case of Kyambogo University, Department of Performing Arts
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-07)This study evaluates instruction practices and competence of secondary school music teacher trainees at the Department of Performing Arts, Kyambogo University. I was motivated to research on music instruction practices on ... -
Namadu drum music and dance as mediation of healing rituals among the Bagwere people of Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-03)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 ... -
Participation of young people with special needs in school based musical performances in selected primary schools in Mukono district, Uganda
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-06)This study intended to find out the nature of participation of young persons with special needs in music activities that take place in primary school contexts. It was motivated by the apparently low levels of participation ... -
''Reclaiming indigenous epistemes : entenga drums revival at Kyambogo University''. In decolonising African Higher Education
(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 ... -
Visual narratives of traditional royal dances in Uganda: a case of clay mated Amaggunju dance
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2020-09)The purpose of this study was to visually narrate the “Amaggunju” traditional royal dance of Buganda central Uganda through Claymation. An exploratory study design and adopted more of the qualitative than the quantitative ... -
Evaluation of music education in selected primary teachers colleges in the central region of Uganda
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2019)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the teaching of Music Education in Shimon , Kibuli and Ggaba Primary Teachers’ Colleges, all found in the Central region of Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives; ... -
Catholic church music festivals and the development of musicianship in Ediofe vicariate, Arua diocese (Uganda)
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2021-04)This study explores how the Catholic Church music festivals in Ediofe Vicariate, Arua diocese, an annual event, became a platform for the development of musicianship among the members. In other words, the study is an ... -
Investigating the teaching and learning of Aural skills in music in selected Kampala secondary schools
(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2021)The teaching and learning of aural skills in music in Kampala secondary school, must be re-defined in the role and structural nature of teaching music. The approach of teaching aural skills is ineffective due to inadequate ... -
Electronic music devices and software in music teaching and learning at the department of performing arts, Kyambogo University
(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2021-03)This was a study to examine how Electronic Music Devices and Software (EMDS) were used to enhance music teaching/learning at the Department of Performing Arts, Kyambogo University. The study aimed to evaluate how available ... -
Thinking about sustainability in Theatre for Development projects: my experience of how the politics of funding shapes TfD practice
(Taylor & Francis, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 2021-12-07)This article examines the complexity of embedding the element of sustainability to foster successful TfD practice. I recount my own experience as a TfD practitioner in western Uganda, where, in spite of my effort to execute ... -
The use of language competences in teaching music: a case of primary schools in Lira-Dokolo districts
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)This study investigated teacher efficacy in the implementation of the use of Language Competences (LC) in teaching CAPE 1 MDD in primary schools. The study was triggered by the need to establish teacher adherence to the ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
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