Adungu music

Summary

Adungu music groups arched-harp ensemble and song practices with distinct community histories in northern and northwestern Uganda. The instrument’s presence connects repertoires without making every tuning, arrangement or social function identical. Alur and documented Acholi practice therefore need to remain visible within this inclusive entry.

Contemporary and trending

James Isabirye’s study of the Anyim Lac troupe in Awach, Gulu, documents living community participation and learning. His account treats musical understanding as embodied and socially situated, developed through creating and recreating music together. This is a contemporary community institution, rather than an instrument preserved only as a museum object.

History

The northern Ugandan arched-harp tradition has also entered urban ensembles and educational presentation. Field-project contextual notes describe Alur associations and a Kampala community ensemble. These routes of adoption extend the instrument’s public life while leaving its different local practices distinct.

Musical characteristics

Plucked arched harps combine with voices and ensemble interaction. Instrument sizes, tuning and arrangement can differ among groups; an imported standardized orchestral template should not be assumed. Isabirye’s Acholi case emphasizes the interdependence of bodily action, listening, social experience and musical learning.

Geography and communities

Northwestern Alur communities and the independently documented Awach/Gulu Acholi landscape anchor separate connected fields. Kampala’s community use is described as an adopted setting, not evidence for equal intensity throughout southern Uganda. Neither field stands for every musical practice among the communities concerned.

Artists

Anyim Lac troupe is the named music community in Isabirye’s research. Ensemble members and the people who learn through participating are central practitioners. The entry recognizes this collective musical labor rather than supplying an unsupported list of commercial soloists.

Representative performances

MuGlobe listening profile

Repertoire	Field use	Notes
traditional	regional	Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.

MuGlobe representative performances

Artist	Performance / song / title	Embedded player URL	Notes	Repertoire kind	Repertoire date	Recording date	Format	Opening	Places	Fit	Evidence	Review note
Price Love	Woobera | Isaac Sserukenya | Adungu cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/eauQ-YpsAis	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Price Love sings and plays the actual adungu adaptation of Woobera; Isaac Sserukenya is the original work’s author/performer, not the singer of this take. Video publication: 2026-09-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Price Love sings and plays the actual adungu adaptation of Woobera; Isaac Sserukenya is the original work’s author/performer, not the singer of this take.
Okema Bosco	Okema Bosco performs "Kiri omulangira" on Adungu at Blue Raven Brewery - Cheyenne, WY - Feb 28, 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z14OgNTOlU4	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Payn Endas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-28. Documented Blue Raven Cheyenne performance of Kiriomulangira on the northern Ugandan bow harp; the US venue does not create a US genre association. Video publication: 2026-03-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-02-28	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Payn Endas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-28. Documented Blue Raven Cheyenne performance of Kiriomulangira on the northern Ugandan bow harp; the US venue does not create a US genre association.
Charles Obina	Kuc Odwogo ||Peace return|| Charles Obina speaking loud and clear through his Adungu	https://www.youtube.com/embed/6l--tCUwf60	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Charles Obina Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Kuc Odwogo celebrates peace in northern Uganda through an actual contemporary adungu performance. Video publication: 2025-11-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Charles Obina Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Kuc Odwogo celebrates peace in northern Uganda through an actual contemporary adungu performance.
Charles Obina; Adungu Revolution Band; Luon Drums	Obur - Charles Obina | Adungu Revolution band | Drum 🥁 Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/BfzmHkdVfsg	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Luon drums. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Obur rehearsal rendition with the actual new drum performance; a PDF/training footer does not turn this complete musical performance into instruction. Video publication: 2025-07-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Luon drums. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Obur rehearsal rendition with the actual new drum performance; a PDF/training footer does not turn this complete musical performance into instruction.
Mwoto Africa	NI WEWE BABA (ADUNGU AFRICAN TRADITIONAL SONG ) AFRICAN MUSIC	https://www.youtube.com/embed/YU5kmiSsQe8	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Ni Wewe Baba is a modern sacred-song adungu adaptation. Generic dance keywords in the footer are not used to assert this Swahili song is an ancient Acholi composition. Video publication: 2025-03-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Ni Wewe Baba is a modern sacred-song adungu adaptation. Generic dance keywords in the footer are not used to assert this Swahili song is an ancient Acholi composition.
Samuel Nalangira	Muliwa Abagenda | Ugandan Adungu Performance (NPR Tiny Desk Style)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/sA_Tf2PwAL8	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Samuel Nalangira. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named adungu performer’s Muliwa Abagenda musical session; NPR Tiny Desk Style describes presentation, not an actual NPR production. Video publication: 2025-02-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Samuel Nalangira. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named adungu performer’s Muliwa Abagenda musical session; NPR Tiny Desk Style describes presentation, not an actual NPR production.
Odokolit Adungu Group; City Boy	Odokolit Adungu Group ft. City Boy - Lunyeko (Official Music Audio) Acoli Pro Evo TV	https://www.youtube.com/embed/hSCGYGiq36c	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Price Love	Ascend | Price Love | Adungu Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/pPobmZk4biA	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2024-03-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Odokolit Adungu Group	Lacoo Ma Ming - Odokolit Adungu Group	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlAFzWdZ18k	Richard . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-03-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: RJCO TV | Richard . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Odokolit Adungu Group	AYARI odokolit adungu e	https://www.youtube.com/embed/zYF0McgJHTI	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: LB LIRO MUSIC . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-12-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: LB LIRO MUSIC . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Samson Strings (Samson K. Mukisa)	Samson Strings - As I Walk In You (Adungu Cover, Phone Record)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cne1PT-BXzg	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Samson Strings. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual harp-and-voice adaptation; later biography edits and debut references are not this session date. Video publication: 2023-11-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Samson Strings. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual harp-and-voice adaptation; later biography edits and debut references are not this session date.
Jawotha Wambu Wakudi adungu ensemble, individual names uncredited	Jawotha Wambu Wakudi Original Version on Adungu Instruments. Alur Cultural Song	https://www.youtube.com/embed/wU3VioOhkt8	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: DAILY FIX Podcast UG. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named Alur song and actual adungu performance; uploader is not substituted for unknown individual ensemble credits. Video publication: 2023-07-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: DAILY FIX Podcast UG. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named Alur song and actual adungu performance; uploader is not substituted for unknown individual ensemble credits.
Price Love	RESCUE - Price Love | Adungu Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/dcm1jj9i4W0	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2023-07-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Price Love	Ruhanga Ishitwe - Price Love | Adungu Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLqoy1GeOHQ	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2023-06-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Price Love	Firm Foundation (He Won't) | Price Love - Adungu Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/uHqL68Rz6Cw	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2023-06-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
WikiIndaba adungu performers, individual names uncredited	Wiki Indaba 2021 Adungu Performance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/6BszXs3UJao	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Wiki Indaba 2026. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. WikiIndaba2021 performance; the channel’s later2026 name is not a recording date. Video publication: 2021-11-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2021	live	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Wiki Indaba 2026. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. WikiIndaba2021 performance; the channel’s later2026 name is not a recording date.
Village children, individual names uncredited	Beautiful sounds of Adungu and Akogo instruments. (@LittlekidsBigdreams )	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IQTbzmbhWbk	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Little kids Big dreams. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual village adungu and akogo ensemble performance; honest collective credit, not an invented list of named musicians. Video publication: 2021-10-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Little kids Big dreams. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual village adungu and akogo ensemble performance; honest collective credit, not an invented list of named musicians.
Godfrey Muwulya	Adungu music a traditional music instrument from Uganda	https://www.youtube.com/embed/uCmFwQ-4N44	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Godfrey Muwulya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual musical adungu performance shared by the musician, retained with unknown session date. Video publication: 2021-09-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Godfrey Muwulya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual musical adungu performance shared by the musician, retained with unknown session date.
Price Love	Hillsong young & free | Indescribable (Adungu Cover)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8TALRYtAG8I	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2021-03-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
West Nile prisoners’ adungu group, individual names uncredited	Goodbye by West Nile Prisioners Adungu group Uganda.(Alur/Aringa/Kakua/Madi).	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Difs3H-iJh0	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Komakech Kenyi 91. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Goodbye is explicitly this Ugandan prison ensemble’s musical performance. General description of South Sudanese instrument use does not locate this take there. Video publication: 2020-12-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Komakech Kenyi 91. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Goodbye is explicitly this Ugandan prison ensemble’s musical performance. General description of South Sudanese instrument use does not locate this take there.
Price Love; Prosper Lee Captain	Oli Katonda | Justine Nabbosa (Adungu cover)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/yQQHnv5LKIo	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Oli Katonda source specifically credits her brother’s actual vocals/djembe/shaker. Justine Nabbosa is the original singer, not presumed to sing in this new take. Video publication: 2020-10-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Oli Katonda source specifically credits her brother’s actual vocals/djembe/shaker. Justine Nabbosa is the original singer, not presumed to sing in this new take.
Price Love	No longer Slaves | Bethel Music - Adungu Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cj2hQhSrCOs	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2020-10-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Price Love	Wakitibwa | Brian Lubega - Adungu Cover	https://www.youtube.com/embed/c99NybgjG-4	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2020-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Watmon Cultural Group	adungu	https://www.youtube.com/embed/oDnlctUlSRA	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Group’s own source identifies this actual adungu performance at Oyulu’s place, Sitowa, Kampala. Video publication: 2020-09-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Group’s own source identifies this actual adungu performance at Oyulu’s place, Sitowa, Kampala.
Price Love	Oceans (Adungu cover)- Hillsong United	https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYfVJw6UFXg	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2020-04-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Price Love	Lauren Daigle -You Say (Adungu Cover by PRICE LOVE)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/cBTfzCcMr20	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2019-04-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Price Love	You Can Fly (Adungu) -Price Love	https://www.youtube.com/embed/JxkYH22-c2M	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2019-03-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Price Love	O Come to the Altar - Adungu cover (PRICE LOVE)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_S7vI3NrH5U	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2019-02-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Kika Performing Arts Centre troupe	ADUNGU DANCE./Otwenge	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_SCEOWgTb1E	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Kika Troupe - KPAC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Otwenge is explicitly the troupe’s Lugbara adungu dance from West Nile, rather than all Ugandan cultural dances. Video publication: 2019-02-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Kika Troupe - KPAC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Otwenge is explicitly the troupe’s Lugbara adungu dance from West Nile, rather than all Ugandan cultural dances.
Price Love	Juliana Kanyomozi's Kanyimbe ( Cover) on adungu.	https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8oE3IO8O3c	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire. Video publication: 2018-03-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Price Love. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Ugandan adungu-and-voice adaptation by Price Love, including contemporary sacred and popular covers; original artists/composers are not the new singer. Retaining good older local harp renditions does not assert that their original US/Australian masters are Ugandan repertoire.
Ndere Cultural Centre adungu ensemble, individual names uncredited	Adungu	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_hrrQwG33lA	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Andrey Kuznetsov. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017-10-26. Documented adungu concert; Andrey Kuznetsov is the recording publisher, not an inferred musician. Video publication: 2017-10-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2017-10-26	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Andrey Kuznetsov. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017-10-26. Documented adungu concert; Andrey Kuznetsov is the recording publisher, not an inferred musician.
Bernard (TMI Music)	Passage to Promise on Bow Harp Adungu	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_8868fvQsJc	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Bernard-TMI Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual bow-harp adaptation of Passage to Promise; Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the original reference, not the performer of this take. Video publication: 2017-10-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Bernard-TMI Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual bow-harp adaptation of Passage to Promise; Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the original reference, not the performer of this take.
Ma’adi Adungu Group	Moonah Nights Video Ma'adi Adungu Group	https://www.youtube.com/embed/BfYn-ToETFI	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Pulse Studio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named Moonah Nights ensemble performance; Pulse Studio is the recording publisher. Video publication: 2014-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Pulse Studio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named Moonah Nights ensemble performance; Pulse Studio is the recording publisher.
Adungu Cultural Troupe	Adungu Cultural Troupe - Adii Mudong	https://www.youtube.com/embed/AVUbhQvfTug	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece. Video publication: 2013-03-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012-12-06	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece.
Adungu Cultural Troupe	Adungu Cultural Troupe - Afrika Na Jembe	https://www.youtube.com/embed/9I5Gvb2Lwdo	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece. Video publication: 2013-03-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012-12-06	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece.
Adungu Cultural Troupe	Adungu Cultural Troupe - Yom Chunta	https://www.youtube.com/embed/-C4jJsN19h4	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece. Video publication: 2013-03-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012-12-06	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece.
Adungu Cultural Troupe; Akello	Adungu Cultural Troupe and Akello Influences - Awinyo - The Singing Wells project	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5CTEN27-Z34	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Akello actually joins Awinyo; the source distinguishes her singing role in this collaboration. Video publication: 2013-03-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012-12-06	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Akello actually joins Awinyo; the source distinguishes her singing role in this collaboration.
Anyim Lac Cultural Troupe	Anyim Lac: 'Cok Mon Alwak' (Singing Wells)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/mWakegCOMV8	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the northern Ugandan adungu troupe and named songs; upload is distinct from an unknown precise session date. Video publication: 2013-01-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the northern Ugandan adungu troupe and named songs; upload is distinct from an unknown precise session date.
Anyim Lac Cultural Troupe	Anyim Lak: 'Lakee' (Singing Wells)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/NKvApuvlrMQ	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the northern Ugandan adungu troupe and named songs; upload is distinct from an unknown precise session date. Video publication: 2013-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the northern Ugandan adungu troupe and named songs; upload is distinct from an unknown precise session date.
Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys	Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys: 'Lweny Dong Pee' (Singing Wells)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/eH1v-kwvvaQ	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone. Video publication: 2013-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone.
Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys	Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys: 'Kanyaga Mbele' (Singing Wells)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/zyeH-PvP7-E	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone. Video publication: 2013-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone.
Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys	Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys: 'Kica Watimo Nining' (Singing Wells)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_u4-hVbcVV0	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone. Video publication: 2013-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone.
Anyim Lac Cultural Troupe	Anyim Lac: 'Two Man Dong' -The Singing Wells project	https://www.youtube.com/embed/CwBlvGLF0YY	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-02. Video publication: 2012-12-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012-12-02	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-02.
Adungu Cultural Troupe	Adungu Cultural Troupe: 'Pearl of Africa' (Singing Wells)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/7wFiAPOe9UI	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece. Video publication: 2012-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012-12-06	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012-12-06. Singing Wells named harp-ensemble performances. The generic Akello collaboration footer is not a vocal credit for every piece.
Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys	Rubanga Kingom Awach Boys: Singing Wells Magic Moment	https://www.youtube.com/embed/VMp2AcP8Xjc	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone. Video publication: 2012-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Singing Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Singing Wells documents the named ensemble at Paibona, Gulu. Named pieces and a continuous musical moment are retained; a long musical performance is not rejected for length alone.
Naguru Dakiri Ber Nebbi Community Cultural Group	Adungu traditional dance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/EPoTyp6qeOs	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1994. Late1994 session outside Kampala. Traditional-tuning and diatonic-tuning takes differ; Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones and Chris Zimmerman are recordists, not assumed singers. Video publication: 2010-08-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1994	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1994. Late1994 session outside Kampala. Traditional-tuning and diatonic-tuning takes differ; Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones and Chris Zimmerman are recordists, not assumed singers.
Naguru Dakiri Ber Nebbi Community Cultural Group	Adungu music contemporary	https://www.youtube.com/embed/w41DrTFmT3I	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1994. Late1994 session outside Kampala. Traditional-tuning and diatonic-tuning takes differ; Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones and Chris Zimmerman are recordists, not assumed singers. Video publication: 2010-08-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1994	unknown	unknown	country:Uganda	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Adungu music musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1994. Late1994 session outside Kampala. Traditional-tuning and diatonic-tuning takes differ; Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones and Chris Zimmerman are recordists, not assumed singers.

Related genres

Larakaraka is a distinct Acholi social song-and-dance practice. Inanga song involves a different string instrument and repertoire in Rwanda and Burundi. Shared regional circulation or the presence of strings does not make these categories interchangeable.

Hotspot mushrooms

Separate northwestern Alur and northern Acholi practice fields, with urban adoption described in prose. The scope is evidenced harp/song practice, not all Uganda or all northern music.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms

ID	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius (km)	Strength	Notes
adungu-music-alur	Northwestern Uganda Alur Adungu landscape	2.5	31.15	290	0.76	Community arched-harp and song practice, with differentiated local ensembles.
adungu-music-acholi	Awach–Gulu and connected Acholi Adungu practice	2.9	32.3	260	0.62	Independent Acholi community evidence from Anyim Lac; not an instrument-only geographic inference.