Music, Dance and Performance

On October 12th, 2018 Goethe-Zentrum Kampala UGCS hosted the kick-off party of the three-day event series #MirembeRhythm featuring an exciting mix of talented DJs and MCs from Uganda, Germany, DRC and Kenya shared the finest electronic beats and rhythms out there. In the face of persistent gender inequality challenges #MirembeRhythm did not only represent peace and intercultural exchange but…

What does one lose in exchange for “bubble baths and a gin-and-tonic life”? On the 9th of August, Rehema Nanfuka returned to the fully booked Goethe-Zentrum rooftop to perform the stage adaptation of Doreen Baingana’s award-winning short story, Tropical Fish. The play about a young campus girl’s affair with an older white businessman in Kampala started off as…

The impact of technology on the creation and the spread of music in and out of Africa has been recognized and well documented, yet the tools it encompasses are not always used to their full potential. The workshop Music & Digital Technologies: Music Production and Recording was therefore focussing on the possibility of using machines…

In October 2017, 14 Hip Hop musicians from the accross the African continent, Uganda and Germany came together in Kampala for a project about music and activism. The project lasted five days and included a workshop, a panel discussion a concert and a studio recording session. The visiting musicians had the chance to visit Newzbeat…

LA LUCHA, featuring Tracey (Uganda), Monza (Mauretania), Sylvester (Uganda), Juma (Kenya), Zex Inchkumi (Uganda), Lady Slyke (Uganda), Abramz (Uganda), Gunman Xuman (Senegal), Nash MC (Tanzania), Eric 1Key (Ruanda). Produced by Ghanaian Stallion (Germany), vocals recorded by Matex at Dream Studios, Kampala. Mix & Master by Nils Faller at Fallers Place, Berlin.

THE VOICE OF REASON, Eric 1Key (Rwanda), Outspoken (Zimbabwe), Juma (Kenya), Jora Mc (Uganda), Zex Inchkumi (Uganda), St. Nellysade (Uganda), MC Yallah (Uganda), DJ Nesta (Uganda), Megaloh (Germany). Produced by Koz’n Effekt (Uganda), vocals recorded by Matex at Dream Studios, Kampala. Mix & Master by Nils Faller at Fallers Place, Berlin.

On the 18th of September, Goethe-Zentrum Kampala with the help of the Goethe Institut brought to the gifted wordsmith, rapper and poet Akua Naru to the Bayimba International Festival of the Arts 2016. Her performance turned out to be the most highlighted shows at the festival. Akua Naru, who lives in Germany and released her debut…

Femme Electronic is a platform to encourage women in the field of electronic music, to create a network, to connect and to exchange experiences. Femme Electronic organizes workshops for female participants with experienced DJs and Producers from Uganda and abroad. In 2016 we have been running three workshops with international guests such as Ena Lind…

ASINGLELINE – a red line straight through the city. A line that connects different places and people and which spiritually brings them closer to each other. ASINGLELINE wants to look at this basic, generic entity of a line and look at it simply from another point of view: a line’s function is also to connect,…

Schlachthofbronx is a DJ Duo from Munich producing and playing innovative club music. On 16th May, they played a show with various Ugandan DJs in an empty warehouse. On Saturday 16th May, Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/UGCS organized an event so full of internationally minded as well as locally influenced music that was just right for the taste of…