| 词条 | Joanita Kawalya |
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| name = Joanita Kawalya | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|05|01}} | birth_place = Uganda | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Ugandan | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Musician | spouse = Christopher Muganga }}Joanita Kawalya is a Ugandan musician and activist.[1] She is a member of the Afrigo Band, the longest-lasting musical band in Uganda, which has been in continuous existence since 1975.[2][3] Early life and educationKawalya was born to the late singer Eclaus Kawalya on 5 January 1967.[4] She worked as a teacher at Lubiri Senior Secondary School between 1989 and 1993.[5] Music careerKawalya started singing at an early age. She went on to sing in choir in school and later as a part time member of "The Wrens", courtesy of her father's guest performances with the band. He would take the whole family with him. She joined Afrigo Band in 1986 when she was sixteen-year-old, replacing her sister, Margaret, also a vocalist who was leaving for Germany. She did music as she did a teaching course at Kyambogo University In 1993, she quit teaching and concentrated on music and mothering her two children.[6] Other responsibilitiesShe has served as a community advisory member on the National Aids project, the Walter Reed project and the Makerere Johns Hopkins joint project. She has also been involved in grass root campaigns for HIV/AIDS and her face is now recognisable as one of the facilitators for the Nabagereka's annual cultural fete, the Kisakaate. Kawalya is also involved in mentorship of talent.[6] Joanita Kawalya is a married mother of two children.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7534:joanita-kawalya-reckons-women-can-do-it-better-than-men|title=Joanita Kawalya Reckons Women Can Do It Better Than Men|accessdate=2 February 2015|date=7 March 2010|first=Abu-Baker|last=Mulumba|newspaper=The Observer}} 2. ^{{cite web|first=Bamuturaki|last=Musinguzi |url=http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Kampala+most+resilient+band+Afrigo+plays+on/-/434746/1990058/-/ptxvk0/-/index.html%7Caccessdate=25|title=Kampala's Most Resilient Band Afrigo Plays On |date=12 September 2013|accessdate=2 February 2015|newspaper=The EastAfrican (Nairobi)}} 3. ^{{cite web|date=17 February 2013|url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23755:38-and-still-counting&catid=73:highlights|title=Afrigo: 38 And Still Counting|accessdate=2 February 2015|first=Hassan Badru|last=Zziwa|newspaper=The Observer}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|accessdate=2 February 2015|url=http://www.hipipo.com/music/news/1177/Hits-That-Made-Them--Moses-Matovu-And-Afrigo-Band|date=26 August 2011|first=.|last=HiPipo Team|publisher=Hipipo.com|title=Hits That Made Them: Moses Matovu And Afrigo Band}} 5. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/28/733166|title=Joanita Kawalya: Afrigo Band Musician|date=26 September 2010|accessdate=2 February 2015|first=Samuel|last=Lutwama|newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|accessdate=2 February 2015| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/ugandaat50/Joanita-Kawalya--Afrigo-s-first-lady/-/1370466/1407688/-/r42i76z/-/index.html|date=19 May 2012| title=Joanita Kawalya: Afrigo’s First Lady|first=Christine|last=Wanjiru Wanjala|newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}} External links
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