The songs in this collection are written and performed by the coffee farmers of the Peace Kawomera (Delicious Peace) Fair Trade cooperative in Mbale, Uganda. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim farmers work together to overcome generations of conflict and poverty. Village guitar groups and women’s choirs sing to stress the transformative impact of Fair Trade prices and to encourage their neighbors to join the coffee cooperative. Accompanied with xylophone, drums, and other traditional instruments, these farmers sing of the benefits of interfaith cooperation and, through music, teach new cooperative members how to produce great coffee. J. J. Keki, the founder of the cooperative, says: “Use whatever you have to create peace! If you have music, use your music to create peace. For us, we have coffee. We are using coffee to bring peace to the world.”

Tracklist:

The Benefits Of Coffee
The People Of Uganda
Get Up And Grow Coffee!
Hit The Jerrycan!
In Uganda, Everyone Grows Coffee
Let Us Continue Farming
Construct A Processing Factory
My Beautiful Wife, Come Back And We'll Grow Coffee
Poverty Is An Obstacle To A Good Marriage
Let All Religions Come Together
Salaam Alaikum
In Nangolo, We Are All Fired Up
If You Are Stuck In Tradition, Change Will Not Wait For You
The Bagisu People Have Brought Vanilla And Coffee
Educate Our Children
We Have Improved Our Economic Status

UPC: 093075041726
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 10.19.13
Format: CD

Delicious Peace Coffee Music & Interfaith Harmony - Delicious Peace: Coffee Music & Interfaith / Various (CD)