1. Kid Fox (Uganda) - Mama Uganda - 3:33
"Dedication to all Ugandans wheresoever they may live..."

2. Blue 3 (Uganda) - Nsanyuka Nawe - 3:48
A song about love.

3. Madoxx (Uganda, Sweden) - Kampala - 6:03
Madoxx lives in Goteborg in southwestern Sweden. This song celebrates the beauties of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and the hopes and desires of this man to return to his family there.

4. Afrigo Band (Uganda) - Nfunda N'omubi - 2:45
This song is sung at nearly all weddings in Uganda. The words say, select carefully whom you marry: do not rely on looks alone, but find someone who cares and will take good care of you.

5. Rachel Magoola (Uganda) - Akasajja - 4:21
Rachel Magoola is of the Basoga people of eastern Uganda towards the Kenya border. She sings in the Lusoga language. This song and her two others in this collection are played on popular radio in Kampala and elswhere in Uganda. All are about love and marriage.

6. Juliana Kanyomozi (Uganda) - Nabikoowa - 4:02
A song about heartbreak in love.

7. Afrigo Band (Uganda) - Emeere Esiridde - 6:47
Sung in Luganda, the most-spoken Bantu language in Uganda (English is Uganda's official language). Here is part of a wonderful review on Amazon.com of this band's very-hard-to-find album Afrigo Batuuse 2: "Afrigo is Uganda. Steamed matooke [banana] in banana leaf with a big Nile Special [beer], the red clay, waragi [banana whisky] at home with the elders, the most beautiful women in the world, the lake flies swarming around Lake Victoria ... just as Lucky Dube has taken on the Caribbean reggae beat and brought it home to Africa, Afrigo has brought the four-step rumba back to the Rift Valley, where Man first made music ... there is nothing like Uganda, there is nothing like Afrigo. Get ready to rumba." This song like so many from Uganda is about the trials and rewards of love. In this case it appears to be more of the trials: "My woman, you either half-cook the food or you burn it, why can't you do it right?" "My man, you don't understand how tired I get!"

8. Rachel Magoola (Uganda) - Ekizino - 3:28
See above about Rachel Magoola. The rhythms of this song are traditional, and dancing to this song and similar ones is traditional, with women in grass skirts and men wearing seed-filled gourds on their legs (picture).

9. Madoxx (Uganda) - Abato - 6:07
This song is about raising children properly and the hard decisions one must make for the young to grow into productive and happy adults. Madoox lives in Sweden now.

10. Iryne Namubiru (Uganda) - Kuwechi - 4:13
Iryne sometimes plays in clubs in Waltham MA, most recently in February 2007. Waltham is home and a gathering place for many expatriate Ugandans.

11. Keeno (Uganda) - Bibaawo - 4:30
Another song about love.

12. Simba Sounds (Uganda) - Onzise Nnyo - 6:03
A lively Kamapala song, most likely about love!

13. Fiona Mukasa (Uganda) - Wamilele (Everlasting God) - 4:46
This is an example of Uganda's very lively gospel music culture; see for example Holyspins. Fiona Mukasa's late father, Elly Wamala, was also a renowned musician in Uganda. This song is about redemption for those who have gone thoroughly wrong in their lives, from prostitution to drunkenness or worse.

14. Luyinda Wasula (Uganda) - Naasira Amabujje - 4:35
To an infectious reggae beat the ending chorus goes, "Baabo Baabo Baabo, bagenze mu kooti, y'enzikakkana y'ebizibu byabwe..." What does it mean?

15. Able 4 (Uganda) - Tandeka - 4:39
A more recent and more modern song than the others. Enjoy!