COVID-19 and the Ugandan Presidential Election: Contesting Lockdown Authority in Popular Songs
African Studies Review
; 66(1):149-175, 2023.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2276470
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic struck when Uganda was in the middle of an acrimonious campaign season, in which longstanding president Yoweri Museveni was being challenged by Bobi Wine, a reggae singer turned politician. When Museveni imposed a strict lockdown, musicians sympathetic to Wine responded with songs about COVID-19 that challenged the government's short-term, biopolitical demarcation of the national emergency. Pier and Mutagubya interpret a selection of Ugandan COVID-19 pop songs from 2020, considering in musical-historical perspective their various strategies for re-narrating the health crisis.
Ethnic Interests, COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Bobi Wine, music, digital media, afrobeats, kadongo kamu, Songs, COVID-19, Musicians & conductors, Politics, Presidents, Reggae, Violence, Demonstrations & protests, Biopolitics, Singers, School closures, Presidential elections, Pandemics, Musical performances, Wine, Musicians, Coronaviruses, Human rights, Wine; Bobi
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English
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African Studies Review
Year:
2023
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Article
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