Dominic Makwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6854978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dominic Makwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dominic |
| FAMILY NAME | Makwa |
| SIGNATURE | MAKWA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Imbalu performances in sacred sites: Towards a revitalisation of Bibiwoyo and Isonja through tourism in Bududa, Uganda
Learning from women's landslide songs in Bududa and Bunambutye: Enhancing a holistic landslide mitigation in Uganda
This paper draws on Bududa and Bunambutye as case studies to investigate how the songs women sing after the occurrence of landslides and the subsequent resettlement of survivors offer significant knowledge that can be harnessed by authorities to mitigate these disasters in Uganda. I specifically examine the lyrics of two women's songs and discuss how they contain valuable information that can offer psycho-social support to victims, besides articu…
How sacred sites act as living archives in a Ugandan community
Musicking and DancingImbaluat Namasho: Enacting Indigenous Education Among the Bagisu, Uganda
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
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, …
How sacred sites act as living archives in a Ugandan community
Musicking and DancingImbaluat Namasho: Enacting Indigenous Education Among the Bagisu, Uganda
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, …
Learning from women's landslide songs in Bududa and Bunambutye: Enhancing a holistic landslide mitigation in Uganda
This paper draws on Bududa and Bunambutye as case studies to investigate how the songs women sing after the occurrence of landslides and the subsequent resettlement of survivors offer significant knowledge that can be harnessed by authorities to mitigate these disasters in Uganda. I specifically examine the lyrics of two women's songs and discuss how they contain valuable information that can offer psycho-social support to victims, besides articu…
Imbalu performances in sacred sites: Towards a revitalisation of Bibiwoyo and Isonja through tourism in Bududa, Uganda
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 works) · Art (1 works)