Thursday throwback: Joshua Baraka’s Nana finds global audience
Nana wasn’t just a breakout hit, it was a cross border hit that effortlessly put Baraka on the map; he hasn’t looked back since.
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In Ghana, particularly among Ga communities around the capital, "figurative" or "fantasy" coffins, as they're known, offer fantastical, yet intimate, send-offs.
Joshua Baraka kicks off nationwide tour
The homecoming comes alongside another significant moment in his career, with Baraka recently unveiled as the new National Walker and face of the Johnnie Walker Keep Walking campaign in Uganda.
Uganda International Fashion Week 2026 starts at UMA Show Grounds
The Fashion showcase brought together creatives, businesses, development partners and buyers to examine how Uganda’s growing creative talent can be connected to markets and turned into sustainable livelihoods.
Godfrey Kwezi leaves worshippers on floor at Nsiima Live concert
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Kohen Jaycee and Mike Kayihura lead cross-border celebration in Kampala
For a few hours in Bugolobi, the distance between Kampala and Kigali seemed to disappear. There were no borders, no passports and no formalities. Only music. That was the spirit behind the Afro Urban Kigali Meets Kampala nite, which brought together Ugandan and Rwandan creatives at MoTIV.
Creative writing in times of AI – Day three of Kampala writes LitFest
That panel was one of eight events that marked the final day of the festival, which started on Friday at the National Theatre. First up was a BookTalk, ‘Imagination in Poetry’, featuring Jane Okot P’Bitek Langoya and Michelle Ivy Alwedo, moderated by Irene Mutuzo.
Learn digital literacy, create your own jobs, streamers urged
According to Kavuma, a video can go viral today and be forgotten tomorrow. But a creator with a smaller, loyal, and engaged community can have a real impact on people's lives, encouraging creators to use their platforms for positive conversations, to support each other, highlight community issues, and to create safe spaces for their followers.
Muzeeyi vows to give UJCC stronger voice on national issues
“On matters of governance, peace, social justice, and the well-being of our people, UJCC must be heard clearly and consistently. I will work with my co-chairs to ensure our Council speaks with the moral authority this nation has always looked to us to provide,” Muzeeyi said.
Study exposes harassment, pay gaps facing women in Uganda’s creative industry
Women reported discriminatory contracts, including restrictions on pregnancy, as well as limited access to childcare facilities, menstrual support and safe mechanisms for reporting harassment.
Many books come from trauma – Kampala Writes LitFest Day Two
The theme of this year's festival is 'Where Do Stories Come From?' but there was no need to ask that here. The story came from what happened to Amony and thousands of other young girls who were abducted and turned into sex slaves by the rebels.
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A lasting Dolly Parton legacy: childhood literacy
Parton, who died this week at 80, is globally renowned for her music. But locals remembered her more for her charitable giving and care for younger generations in blue-collar regions of her native east Tennessee.
Dolly Parton: Country music's dolled up but deserving queen
Parton opened her own theme park, Dollywood, in 1986 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It has grown into one of the most successful branding efforts in US entertainment history, drawing millions of visitors per year.
US country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80: family
"Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus," her nephew said in a video on social media.
Rwenzori Marathon 5th edition awakens Uganda's wild spirit
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Mukulu: Seven-gun salute for fallen star, first creative to be accorded official funeral.
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Beyond horns and hides: How Ankole cattle stole show in Washinton DC
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Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors
The company has denied all the allegations, insisting it had worked with parents, experts and law enforcement to incorporate protective safeguards for children.Meta founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg is among the star witnesses expected to testify, along with Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
Nigerian Pastor Adeboye jets in for Pastor Patience Rwabwogo’s consecration
Pastor Adeboye, who is Pastor Patience Rwabwogo’s spiritual father, is one of Africa’s renowned Pentecostal church leaders and the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which is one of the largest evangelical churches in the world. He also serves as the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.
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