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Dominic D B Makwa

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ID4369340
NAMEDominic D B Makwa
GIVEN NAMESDominic D B
FAMILY NAMEMakwa
SIGNATUREMAKWA D D B
AFFILIATIONSMakerere University
ORCID0000-0002-2200-4788
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT3
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1
  • Imbalu performances in sacred sites: Towards a revitalisation of Bibiwoyo and Isonja through tourism in Bududa, Uganda

    Dominic D B Makwa, Dominic Makwa•ARTICLE•Critical African Studies•2026

  • Harnessing community musicians as living archives for “sustainable” teaching and learning of Ugandan musics at Makerere University

    Open Access•Dominic D B Makwa•ARTICLE•African Music Journal of the…•2025•References: 20

    At the Department of Performing Arts and Film at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, there is a growing trend of integrating community musicians into music and dance education through workshops on Ugandan musical traditions. These musicians, who play a vital role in the creation, preservation, and transmission of traditional music, function as living archives within their communities. Drawing on research conducted at Makerere University from 20…

  • Musicking and DancingImbaluat Namasho: Enacting Indigenous Education Among the Bagisu, Uganda

    Open Access•Dominic D B Makwa, Dominic Makwa•ARTICLE•Yearbook for Traditional Music•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 10

    This paper discusses how the activities during which people gather to create, perform, and transmitimbalucircumcision music and dance at Namasho Cultural Site (NCS) become a platform for the Bagisu of the Balutseshe clan to tutor boys about society's gender ideology, social histories, and rituals of the sacred swamp, thus turning the place into a communal classroom for imparting this knowledge. Due to the changing context of contemporary Bagisu, …

  • Musicking and DancingImbaluat Namasho: Enacting Indigenous Education Among the Bagisu, Uganda

    Open Access•Dominic D B Makwa, Dominic Makwa•ARTICLE•Yearbook for Traditional Music•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 10

    This paper discusses how the activities during which people gather to create, perform, and transmitimbalucircumcision music and dance at Namasho Cultural Site (NCS) become a platform for the Bagisu of the Balutseshe clan to tutor boys about society's gender ideology, social histories, and rituals of the sacred swamp, thus turning the place into a communal classroom for imparting this knowledge. Due to the changing context of contemporary Bagisu, …

  • Musicking and DancingImbaluat Namasho: Enacting Indigenous Education Among the Bagisu, Uganda

    Open Access•Dominic D B Makwa, Dominic Makwa•ARTICLE•Yearbook for Traditional Music•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 10

    This paper discusses how the activities during which people gather to create, perform, and transmitimbalucircumcision music and dance at Namasho Cultural Site (NCS) become a platform for the Bagisu of the Balutseshe clan to tutor boys about society's gender ideology, social histories, and rituals of the sacred swamp, thus turning the place into a communal classroom for imparting this knowledge. Due to the changing context of contemporary Bagisu, …

  • Harnessing community musicians as living archives for “sustainable” teaching and learning of Ugandan musics at Makerere University

    Open Access•Dominic D B Makwa•ARTICLE•African Music Journal of the…•2025•References: 20

    At the Department of Performing Arts and Film at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, there is a growing trend of integrating community musicians into music and dance education through workshops on Ugandan musical traditions. These musicians, who play a vital role in the creation, preservation, and transmission of traditional music, function as living archives within their communities. Drawing on research conducted at Makerere University from 20…

  • Imbalu performances in sacred sites: Towards a revitalisation of Bibiwoyo and Isonja through tourism in Bududa, Uganda

    Dominic D B Makwa, Dominic Makwa•ARTICLE•Critical African Studies•2026

Art (2 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (2 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 works)

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