Kafeero, Paul Job

Transport Corridors in Africa

“…69 With the exception of Nigeria, the oil-producing countries have incurred the greatest debt burden. But it is equally clear that a number of the countries that have been investing most heavily in infrastructure -notably Djibouti (104 per cent), Mozambique (125 per cent), Zambia (110 per cent), 70 Ghana (68 per cent), Namibia (67 per cent) and Kenya (65 per cent) -are recording some of the highest levels of indebtedness. Tanzania (40 per cent) and Ethiopia (57 per cent) have fared somewhat better.…”

“…69 Katwe's importance was later confirmed by the British decision to guard it as a means of combating Kabarega (the defiant King of Bunyoro) in order to prevent his invasion of Tooro (which controlled Katwe at that time), and at the same time seeking to obtain revenues for the government through trade. 70 The British also maintained a defence force in Tooro in the early 1900s to 'keep a watch on the salt lakes and the Belgian frontier' . 71 The British underestimated the local production of food and cash crops, however, and unsuccessfully attempted to introduce new cash crops for export, particularly coffee, flax and tobacco.…”

Language ideology and kadongo kamu flow

“…One interpreter suggested, however, that the reference here is instead to the effects of rigor mortis on a corpse – a hunching up of the shoulders (Kayemba 2010, personal communication). The translation provided in Barrett-Gaines's recently published collection of Kafeero's songs reads simply ‘death makes us thin’ (Barrett-Gaines 2012, p. 223). Here the translator has drawn a connection to a colloquial saying that includes the word okwanamya : ‘ onumizza enjala n'okwanamya n'onanamya ’ (‘you make me hungry (by keeping me waiting) to the point that hunger is hanging me up’) (C. Kimuli 2015, personal communication).…”

“…Traditional singing styles, performed at festivals and other public ceremonies, feature deep Luganda, as does, finally, kadongo kamu, in a pop music mode. Kadongo kamu artists claim that the point of their artistry is to ‘educate people’ ( okuyigiriza abantu ) (Barrett-Gaines 2012; Luyima and Mawanda 2010, personal communication), and much of this education is about the Luganda language itself. As the kadongo kamu elder statesman Matiya Luyima put it in a conversation with my research assistant, Robert Mawanda:…”

“…Kadongo kamu is a Ugandan popular music genre, recognisable by its dense storytelling lyrics in Luganda language. The name ‘kadongo kamu’ means ‘one guitar’, with the prefix ka- implying ‘one little guitar’ or ‘ lone guitar’ (Barrett-Gaines 2012; Kiyimba 2012). This refers to the kadongo kamu guitarist's feat of emulating the interlocking rhythms of traditional Kiganda baakisimba ensemble drumming on a single instrument (Nannyonga-Tamusuza 2002).…”