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Nakibembe Embaire Group

Nakibembe Embaire Group was first played on NTS on 20 June 2023. Songs played include 133 and Baligabana.

In Nakibembe, a small village in Uganda's Busoga kingdom (one of the country's four remaining constitutional monarchies), locals have long reserved a communal area for musical performances and social events. In the middle of this space lies a deep pit that serves a single purpose: to amplify the embaire, an immense xylophone made up of between 15 and 25 wooden keys that stretches across the trench. Log xylophones are common throughout East Africa, but the way the music is played by the Basoga - an Eastern Bantu…

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Nakibembe Embaire Group
Nyege Nyege Tapes2023
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Nakibembe Embaire GroupNyege Nyege Tapes2023
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Baligabana
Nakibembe Embaire Group
Nyege Nyege Tapes2023
Baligabana
Nakibembe Embaire GroupNyege Nyege Tapes2023
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