Years active 1974–present Citizenship Uganda Home town Kampala | Ethnicity Muganda Role Musician Nationality Ugandan Name Herman Ssewanyana | |
Born 1955 (age 59–60) Uganda Occupation Musician & Percussionist Similar People Afrigo Band, Percussion Discussion Africa, Rachael Magoola | ||
Music group Afrigo Band (Since 1980) | ||
Herman Ssewanyana is a Ugandan musician and percussionist. He is the current Band Leader, Musical Director and Percussionist with the musical group Percussion Discussion Africa. He is a member and percussionist with the musical band Afrigo Band, the longest-lasting musical band in Uganda, which was founded in 1975.
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Background and education
He was born on in the Central Region of Uganda circa 1955.
Music career
Ssewanyana was a member of the Afrigo Band, since circa 1980. In 1997, while still with Afrigo, he founded Percussion Discussion Africa, focusing on cultural music, with emphasis on African percussion instruments. Since 2011, he has collaborated with other Ugandan music artists to produce the annual music festival known as Zivuge. In 2012, he was part of The Percussion Gurus, Qwela Junction, a two-hour performance by leading Ugandan percussionists, held at Emin Pasha Hotel in Kampala on 30 March 2012.