IN 1957 when modern art was crawling onto the Ugandan scene, ... a Custodian of Culture Through Art. 12 July 2007. ... would turn into one of the vanguards of Uganda's cultural heritage.

In the past, musicians, painters, and sculptors enjoyed patronage of kings, popes, and the wealthy, especially the merchants. It was the same here in Uganda during the kingdom era and soon after ...

Uganda and Comoros have embarked on using art and culture as tools to strengthen their diplomatic ties. During a visit to the National Theatre on May 7, 2024, by Djaanfar Salim Allaoui, the ...

Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had just one commercial art gallery, a small space that emerging artists struggled to get into.

Preserving culture through art Friday, May 06, 2011 — updated on January 09, 2021 Taga Nuwagaba shows of one of his paintings which he has used to teach the public about totems.

A vibrant art scene in Uganda mirrors African boom There's an explosion of compelling new work along with the growing ability of curators from Africa to reach collectors ...

The government is today officially handing over luxury vehicles to traditional and cultural leaders from across the country, in a ceremony presided over by Vice President Jessica Alupo at Kololo ...

KRUNK youths and students at Uganda’s Kichwamba High School have collaborated on a new hip-hop song promoting sustainability. It’s called “Suubi,” or “hope” in the Luganda language.

They range in age from 13 to 21, and many are from among Uganda’s estimated 2.7 million orphans, casualties of civil war and AIDS. But when the 21 young performers of “The Spirit of Uganda ...

Studies now show that art and joy go hand in hand; creative expression passed down from generation to generation in forms of dance, songs, stories, poems, and visual arts reinforces collective joy, ...

The National Arts and Cultural Crafts Association of Uganda (NACCAU), has since 2003 paid more than Shs1b to the Uganda National Cultural Centre (UNCC), also known as the National Theatre, in ...