Reminder of an upcoming talk this Friday noon:
Music, Culture and Indigenous Thought in Busoga, Uganda: Cultural Survival and Revival at Mpambo, the African Multiversity
A talk by Paulo Wangoola including discussion about field recording by Shawn Hall. The two choirs associated with Mpambo were recorded by Shawn Hall during a visit in 2004 and samples will also be played.
Details:
Friday, April 27th, 2007 from Noon – 1:30pm
Asian Centre, Room 101, UBC
Paulo Wangoola, Nabyama (Founder-President) of the Mpambo Afrikan Multiversity, a recently established and village-based institution of research and higher education dedicated to the revitalization of African Indigenous Thought and Spirituality. The Mpambo campus is located in Isegero, Iganga in Busoga, Eastern Uganda. As part of the work of Mpambo, there is both an Mpambo traditional music and dance group and the Ebanguliro Afrikan Spiritual Choir. A national office is located in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
For more information visit: http://www.inclusion.com/resmpambo.html or
http://www.blackherbals.com/Mpambo_the_African_Multiversity.htm