Nyege Nyege, the electro meeting of East Africa

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The scene of the Nyege Nyege Festival, in September 2017, in Jinja, Uganda. AFP / Ian Duncan Kacungira

By: Sarah Tisseyre

It is both a label, a collective, and a festival. Under the label Nyege Nyege, in Uganda, a bubbling scene was set up, around electronic music. With artists, DJs, especially women, who are now touring the world, like DJ Kampire, who will mix in June 2020 at the Paris festival We Love Green, or like Hibotep and the rapper MC Yallah, on stage recently at the Hasard ludique at Paris for a “Nyege Nyege” evening.

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