In 1982, when a person got killed while moving on the streets of Kampala at 5pm, people would argue that he was moving late in the night. Yet, this didn’t stop people from enjoying life within their means, apparently – one of the places to be was Chez Johnson, a …

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is a term that has been given to panoply of musical styles ranging from those without a beat to house, techno and trance music among others. Much as the music has been famous for over thirty years, it’s only been in the mid 2000s that pop …

The ongoing edition of Big Brother Naija is codenamed See Gobe! Just like that song that made Nigerian artiste Davido famous. And much as the house is located in South Africa, all housemates are Nigerian, in fact, listening to all of them talk is a memory run through the pathetic …

On Saturday, the organizers of Uganda’s inaugural visual music awards, the Club Music Video Awards embarked on what may become their hardest journey – consistency. This was after the awards made their return after being out of action for three years, with the confusion that has engulfed them since they …

The African Movie Night by Audio Visual Factory has brought various exciting movie titles like Desert Flower, Veve, Half of a Yellow Sun and Nothing for Mahala, among others.On March 14 at the National theatre, African Movie Night will screen Ayanda – probably one of the biggest South African films …

For copyright reasons I’ve been forced to start this by informing you that I jerked Esther Tebandeke’s title. I guess you guys remember Tebandeke from Queen of Katwe, she acted as Sarah Katende, the wife to David Oyelowo’s Robert Katende….yeah, I chill with such people you know! Yesterday was Women’s …

Of course Bebe Cool stopped writing his own music over ten years back. He has since moved to employing song writers like Nince Henry, Silver Kyagulanyi, Yese Oman Rafiki, Esther Nabasa, A-Pass and Saint Andrews among others. The gamble has paid off, depending on the side of the coin you’re …

So it was Ash Wednesday the other day! I was told everyone went to church. It’s a little sinister about Christians; they spend almost a lifetime criticizing people that will go to hell for being gay, adulterous or atheist, yet these same people secretly harbor desires of living like atheists. …

Last year Sauti za Busara festival was cancelled after organisers failed to secure funding for the continental arts do. Some feared the popular annual festival would not find its way back, but towards the end of 2016, organizers put a message online announcing the 2017 edition for February 9 to …

The Sauti za Busara international music festival happened over the weekend at the Old Fort, Zanzibar. It is a great time for music lovers to catch up with inspiring African music, as well as get introduced to new sounds. Better still, it is a chance for different African acts to …