Ugandans have triumphantly tapped the power of their traditional music to battle the Aids pandemic. Performed with dramatization and dance in settings all through rural Uganda, this unique blend of music and public health has helped make Uganda's record of success against HIV/AIDS, one of the best in Africa. In turn, Uganda is revitalized and made contemporary. SINGING FOR LIFE affirms the profound strength of the people's music in promoting hope and positive change. This 66 minute collection includes 14 tracks and a 36 page booklet with extensive notes.

Tracklist:

Death Is Bad - Nakiranda And The Bakusseka Majja Group
This Period of Time That We Are In - NACWOLA Iganga
Is Someone There? - Meeting Point Kampala
Graveyard Is Our Home, The - Mzee Mata Nasani/Akadongo
AIDS Has Finished Our People - Kanihiro Group
We Have Been Invaded - Bright Women Actresses
Hyena, The - Negro Angels Bamalayika
AIDS Finished Us! - Bukona Women's Group
Fight the Epidemic/Friends Where Do You Come From? - Nakiranda A
Death Killed All the People - Kibaale Village Embaire Ensemble
Those Who Have Not Settled - Centurio Balikoowa
Such Painful, Merciless Diseases - MUDINET Drama Group
What Is in the Luggage? - Walya Sulaiman/PADA
Struggle Against AIDS, The - Jumbo Theater Group

UPC: 093074053720
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 2.20.07
Format: CD

Singing For Life Songs Of Hope Healing / Various - Singing For Life: Songs Of Hope, Healing and HIV/AIDS In Uganda (CD)