Why we’re obsessed with music from our youth | KELLY JAKUBOWSKI | People tend to be extremely nostalgic about the music they listened to when they were young. If you were a teenager in the 1970s, chances are you will love Queen, Stevie Wonder or ABBA. And if you were …
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MultiChoice Uganda to offer training, cash and other prizes for 2021 film festival participants Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has together with MultiChoice Uganda and other partners launched the 8th edition of its five-day film festival with a cinema opening event at Acacia Mall …
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The artist Ocom Adonias has over the past three years created a body of work ‘Who is your Saint?’ Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The debut of this multi- media series fusing painting, photography, sculpture, collage and still motion-animation, was in 2018 at Afriart gallery in a solo show, …
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Dr. Amanda Tumusiime takes on research and community outreach in latest project showcasing the relationship between art and nature. Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The so what question stands out every time one mentions they are an artist. “So what if you are an artist?” The question will often …
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Los Angeles, US | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Nigerian singer Burna Boy win his first ever Grammy under the “Best global Music Album” category for the “Twice As Tall” 2020 project, at last night’s 63rd Grammy Awards main event. Meanwhile, women dominated the 63rd Grammy Awards Sunday as Taylor Swift won her third …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sixth season of popular singing competition show, Nigerian Idol, premieres Sunday, March 14. The much-anticipated show on DStv Channel 198 and GOtv Channel 29 will open with a special airing of the most entertaining moments from the auditions which took place late last year. …
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Art Book reveals Uganda’s cultural diversity through collected works by seasoned art collector Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Who’s collecting art in Uganda? This question that is recurrent at many art events across the country is answered with the book: Uganda Artists and Art which is on the market …
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She embarked on an active art career after clocking more than a century old but became one to reckon with, with paper collages that combine extraordinary detail and charming simplicity. | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | A typical story of a female student of fine art in the early years of Makerere …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | External Security Organisation–ESO and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence –CMI have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced. The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Friday by plain-clothed …
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Los Angeles, US | THE INDEPENDENT | American socialite Kim Kardashian, mother of North West, Chicago, Psalm and Saint, has filed for divorce of their father, rapper Kanye West. The superstar is reported to be asking for joint legal and physical custody of the kids, after seven years of …
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