Philly Lutaaya
Popular music and the fight against HIV/Aids in Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2178396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel Isabirye |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-35 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449850701820632 |
| OpenAlex | W2019878039 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This tribute traces the life and times of the late Philly Bongoley Lutaaya, a Ugandan musician renowned for his campaign against HIV/AIDS in Uganda and for making a contribution to the revival of Ugandan popular music in the post‐civil war era. By unveiling his HIV‐positive status at a time when AIDS patients were ostracized, Lutaaya used his stature to mobilize consciousness around the epidemic. He gave a human face to living with AIDS and helped to counter the perception of the disease as a monstrous thing, suggesting that even a city‐based social icon was not immune to problems that someone in the village could have
Art history · Consciousness · Face (sociological concept · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Icon · Social science · Sociology · Tribute · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Diverse Musicological Studies · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Psychology · Gender Studies · History · Virology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |