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Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV​/​AIDS in Uganda

by Various Artists

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1.
Vilimina Nakiranda and the Bakuseka Majja Group, Kibaale Village - Olumbe lubiibi [Death is bad] 06:48
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NACWOLA Iganga - Guno gwe mulembe gwe tulimu kat [This period of time that we are in] 01:35
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3.
Meeting Point Kampala - Abange Ab’eno? [Is someone there?] 04:25
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Mzee Mata Nasani, akadongo - Emagombe Newaife [The graveyard is our home] 04:02
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Kanihiro Group - Silimu yaheeza abantu [AIDS has finished our people] 03:31
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Bright Women Actresses - Bannange twajjirwa [We have been invaded] 06:56
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Negro Angels Bamalayika - Gampisi [The hyena] 05:24
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Bukona Women's Group - Silimu Okutumala! [AIDS finished us!] 07:51
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TASGA Drama Group - Fight the Epidemic and Abange mikwano gyange muvawa? [Friends, where do you come from?] 04:54
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Kibaale Village Embaire Ensemble - Olumbe lwamala abantu [Death killed all the people] 04:30
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11.
Centurio Balikoowa - Abalugana [Those who have not settled] 08:23
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MUDINET Drama Group - Zino endwadde ezitakyaluma kusasira [Such painful, merciless diseases] 01:42
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Walya Sulaiman and People with AIDS Development Association - Eitu Lilimuki? [What is in the luggage?] 02:58
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Jumbo Theatre Group - The Struggle Against AIDS 04:05
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Ugandans have triumphantly tapped the power of their traditional music to battle the AIDS pandemic. Performed with dramatizations and dance in settings all through rural Uganda, their unique blend of music and public health has helped make Uganda's record of success against HIV/AIDS one of the best in Africa. In turn, the traditional music of Uganda is revitalized and made contemporary. "Singing for Life" affirms the profound strength of a people’s music in promoting hope and positive change. 66 minutes. 26-page booklet with extensive notes.

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released February 20, 2007

2007, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/singing-for-life-songs-of-hope-healing-and-hiv/aids-in-uganda/world/music/album/smithsonian

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