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Tag: Janzi
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Ssewa Ssewa’s Beautifully-constructed Ugandan Sound
SOURCE : WORLD MUSIC CENTRAL Ssewa Ssewa – Nva K’la (ARC Music, 2020) Ugandan multi-instrumentalist, composer and musical instrumental innovator Ssewakiryanga James Jr., better known as Ssewa Ssewa, plays superb modern Ugandan music rooted in tradition. One of the main instruments he uses on his new album Nva K’la (“From Kampala”) is the janzi harp.…
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Uganda: Ssewa Ssewa to launch janzi instrument at home
SOURCE : MUSIC AFRICA Ugandan multi-instrumentalist Ssewa Ssewa is looking to engage a new audience as he becomes the first musician in the East African country to invent and patent a traditionally inspired instrument. Ssewa Ssewa will hold the official launch for his janzi, a 22-string harp-like instrument tuned to two different scales, at Katonga Hall in Kampala,…