Okucondooza oku kukareeba munonga aha byevugo hamwe nokubyabaire bikozesibwa omukukuza ekitiinisa kya Ankole namunonga orurimi Orunyankore. Omucondoozi akareeba munonga aha bintu ebyabaire birekirwe enyima namunonga emigasho y'ebyevugo nk'omuringo gwokukuza eby'obuhangwa bwa Ankole hamwe nokukuza orurimi Orunyankore. Omucondoozi akaba naayenda kumanya munonga ebyevugo ebyo ebyabaire ninga ebirikwizutsya Abanyankore namunonga abantu abaakura baamara kubyevuga. Okucondooza oku kwongire kwizutsya abantu namunonga Abanyankore oku ekitiinisa kyabo kyabaire kiri.

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of Orunyege music in promoting Bunyoro’s traditions and culture. Specifically, the study sought to examine how song composers, dancers, singers, instrumentalists and choreographers of Orunyege music participate in the evolution and performance and sustenance of Orunyege music and its associated identity and cultural roles. Using a qualitative approach, the researcher gathered data through observation, interviews, audio recording, pre-recorded media and documentary research. Findings revealed that Orunyege music plays a big role in promoting the traditions and culture of Bunyoro kingdom through costumes, instruments, body movements and songs. However, the study also found out that there is an underlying bias stemming from the Banyoro people who distance themselves from their traditions and cultural practices and language. The researcher recommends future studies on how Bunyoro’s traditions and culture are maintained beyond using Orunyege music and dance practices.

A cultural troupe is a group of dancers who perform cultural/traditional dance and music as entertainment to those who hire them. These troupes mostly in Kampala have specialized in performing ethnic dances and music from within Uganda however some go the extra mile to perform dances from Rwanda and other nearby countries. Some of the cultural dances performed by cultural troupes are bakisimba, nankasa, muwogola, kadodi, runyege, and ntogolo, among others. Culture can be termed as the daily life of a human being that covers the beliefs, customs, social behavior, and norms of a given group of people. Anything to be termed as cultural must be accepted by society termed as culture. A troupe is a group of performers who dance, act or sing at different places. The study was community-based research aimed at fully bringing out the different reasons why performing arts students choose to join and work with cultural troupes that are based in the communities that surround Makerere University but in this case, we shall focus more on Afrique arts troupe. The study also aimed to search for how cultural troupes can make an impact on the talents of their members, putting in mind that we focused on students of the performing arts department of Makerere University.

Formal music education was introduced by missionaries during the colonial times and it started from Christian schools. Though education still existed by then but it was based on oral traditions whereby music was taught by word of mouth that is to say; Oral traditions through folk songs by that time. Therefore, this study addressed the state of music education in secondary schools with a case study of Uganda martyrs high school Lubaga. The researcher carried out a qualitative study whereby during field work, data was gathered through conducting interviews, Auto ethnography, use of internet to gather various information concerning the current study document analysis and literature review. The findings also further show that the policy or curricula needs to be redesigned in order to make music a better subject.

This study was carried out to examine the challenges faced by secondary school music teachers in teaching classroom music in Kampala district, particularly in their profession as music teachers. The researcher carried out a qualitative study and gathered data through conducting interviews, use of internet, documentary analysis, literature review, as well as classroom observation. The researcher established that music teachers in secondary schools face many challenges in their profession and these included administrational, personal, student-related and also from the parents. Findings are discussed in terms of potential solutions that can be under-taken to solve the problems music teachers face in their teaching profession.

The study addressed the challenges faced by emerging musicians in recording and marketing their music. The study examined possible ways of solving the challenges faced and suggested advice on upcoming musicians would succeed in the music industry. The researcher used a qualitative study as a research methodology for collecting information and used tools including interviews, documentary analysis and observation. Findings show that many musicians face many challenges especially in the process of recording their music and many of them have resorted to setting up home studios where they do the basic part of recording to limit on production expenses. Findings are discussed in terms of ways how upcoming musicians can succeed in their music career through collaboration and partnerships with other musicians and by leveraging the power of internet/social media in marketing and promoting their music.

The purposes of this study was to examine the perceptions of parents on their children pursuing a music course at Makerere University. Additionally, Conversely, this study focused on mainly parents. This inquiry was conducted using a qualitative approach with a narrative implication. The research analyzed the participant’s stories, commonalities of participant’s stories which linked to the themes. This inquiry includes information on parent perceptions on music being pursued by their children for success. The participants consisted of two parents,one students. The results were categorized by two main sections that is, the factors influencing parental support, parental beliefs and attitudes regarding music education that emerged during the interviews. Each of the findings justified the importance of parenting. The results may inform the practice in several ways. Campus administrators could use the results to help organize parent programs in the betterment and support to their children. Administrators could use the communication strategies from the research to increase parental support, which could increase involvement. Furthermore, campus leaders may find this research informative because of the logical results in the study. Campus administrators can also use the findings in this research to inform parental involvement improvement efforts at the campus level.

The major objective of this study was to examine the opportunities and challenges of playwriting in Uganda. In order to achieve the above objective I used a qualitative case study coupled with three research methods, that is, interviews, observation and document analysis. The findings of this study indicated that there are many opportunities for playwriting in Uganda, for instance, improved local and foreign funding, and the availability of market for plays in local languages. However, the study also indicated challenges such as the lack of a playwrights’ guild, and stiff competition with film. It is hoped that the findings of this study shall be used by policy making organs such as the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development to make better policies that affect playwrights in Uganda.

The Sapiiny community in Uganda perform a circumcision ritual known as Wonset to initiate adolescent males into adulthood. The ritual has music and dance as its constituent elements. The researcher takes interest in the music and dance because they are an inseparable part of this ritualistic circumcision yet scholars who have written about this ritual do not discuss the music and dances performed there. More so, the actual use of music and dance in Wonset has not been critically examined in most of the existing studies. In this qualitative study, the researcher used tools such as participant observation, interviews, and photography. Personal experience of the researcher as a native born and raised in Sebei region also played a very important role in this study about wonset and its constituent music and dance performance. This study established that Wonset is something more than a mere surgery of the male sexual reproductive organ. It is a rite of passage for boys among the Sapiiny community. It initiates Sapiiny boys into manhood/adulthood while at the same time, re-uniting them with their ancestors. Music and dance plays a very significant role beyond entertainment to being constituent element of this ritual. They develop behavior, attitude, skills and values in the candidate-participants which make them responsible leaders of both their future families and Sebei at large. It is also a festivity celebrated in a series of stages in which people come together to showcase their talents in singing and dancing, celebrate their harvest, find and identify with their relatives, make friendship and affirm their identity as Sapiiny. The study concludes that, through music and dance, the Sapiiny affirm their culture and perform a documenting role through them.

This study addressed the role of cover songs in promoting selected upcoming musicians in Uganda. I conducted this study to find out how cover songs promote upcoming musicians. I set out to examine why, when, and how cover songs promote upcoming musicians. In addition, the study examined the benefits of singing cover songs. The upcoming musicians in Kampala have increasingly engaged in singing and recording cover songs because these songs expose them to the world and their target audience. In conjunction with the selected upcoming musicians, this study was conducted in different parts of Kampala. Based on the information acquired from my research, I carried out a qualitative study, with fieldwork in Kampala, (Makindye, Kawempe, and Rubaga divisions) that involved tools such as interviews, autoethnography, and observation. I gathered this data by conducting interviews with musicians who have sung or produced cover songs in the past five years. Additionally, with the help of the internet, and through attending band rehearsals and performances that involved singing and recording cover songs, I gathered various information concerning the current study, document analysis, and literature review for my dissertation. The research established that most upcoming musicians in Kampala benefit a lot from singing cover songs. They use cover songs as a shortcut. It is easier to promote themselves as musicians by singing cover songs. Upcoming musicians who have sung cover songs have tremendously increased their social media following, fans, audience, and the rate at which they get booked for paid performances. Some have become well-known and branded musicians, and are now performing on stage, recording songs, and shooting videos of their songs. My findings showed that the promotion and benefits are attained through sharing the cover songs on social media platforms hence gaining more audience and improving their skills. In conclusion, I discovered that singing and recording cover songs have greatly promoted upcoming musicians in Kampala. These cover songs have had a great impact on the music industry in Uganda.