Annet Nandujja is a
Ugandan
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southe ...
traditional folk musician, composer and dancer.
["Uganda: Nandujja Launches 'Endabada' Tonight" 26 March 2009]
allafrica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.["Museveni's dance-off with Nandujja" 20 June 2017]
newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 13 August 2018.["Nandujja now revels in stardom " 30 March 2009]
observer.ug. Retrieved 13 August 2018. She sings in
Luganda
The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...
["Three women who defined traditional music in East Africa" 8 Mar 2018]
musicinafrica.net. Retrieved 13 August 2018. and performs with her group, The planets.
["Culture and Customs of Uganda"]
books.google.co.ug. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
Background
Nandujja was born in 1959, in Kanoni Village in Ggomba sub-county,
Wakiso District
Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters.
Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is in ...
. She grew up in Kibinge Village,
Masaka District
Masaka District is a district in Buganda Kingdom in Uganda. Its main town is Masaka City, whose estimated population in 2011 was 74,100.
Location
The district is bordered by Bukomansimbi District to the north-west, Kalungu District to the north, ...
.
["The hobby that got her canes now earns Nandujja bread" 26 August 2012]
monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 13 August 2018. She formed the planets band with Kiyimba Musisi and Erasmus Ssebunya in the early 1990s. The group now has 45 members.
["Nandujja fine-tunes her drums for gala" 27 March 2009]
observer.ug. Retrieved 13 August 2018. They perform traditional roots Folk music from
Buganda
Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Districts of Uganda, Central Region, inclu ...
.
["Annet Nanduja and The Planets" 27 March 2009]
musicinafrica.net. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
Awards and recognition
'The Planets' won the 2005
Pearl of Africa Music Awards
The Pearl of Africa Music Awards (also known as the PAM Awards) was an annual national music award event held in Uganda. The inaugural event was held in 2003. In 2006, categories for musicians from other East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Afr ...
for best cultural group in Uganda.
[ Nandujja won the first prize in the 2018 National Cultural Heritage Awards. She was recognised in the ''Intangible Cultural Heritage category'' for helping to preserve traditional Kiganda dances such as Bakisimba, Aamaggunju and Nankasa.]["2018 cultural heritage awards winners named" 20 June 2017]
theeastafrican.co.ke. Retrieved 13 August 2018. Her albums include "Etooke", "Obufumbo bwaleero", "Akalagaane Kukuuma Butonde" and "Tuulimukuzunga".
monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 15 August 2018.["Nandujja launches her 6th album" 25 October 2012]
observer.ug. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Discography
*''Etooke''
*''Obufumbo bwaleero''
*''Tuulimukuzunga''
*''Akalagaane Kukuuma Butonde''
References
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1959 births
21st-century Ugandan women singers
Living people
20th-century Ugandan women singers