Haka Mukiga
Birth nameArinaitwe Rurihona
BornKabale District, Uganda
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, singer
Instrument(s)Guitar, Tube fiddle (Endigidi), Adungu (Enanga), Flute (Omukuri)
Years active2013–present

Arinaitwe Rurihona, professionally known as Haka Mukiga is a Ugandan world and folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and dancer. He sings in a number of local languages including Rukiga, Acholi, Rukonjo , and Rufumbira.

Education

Mukiga attended Vincent Alex Primary School in Mukono, Naalya SS, and Kisubi High School for his secondary school before enrolling at Makerere University in 2012 for a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Tourism.[1]

Rukiga is his mother tongue, however Mukiga he composes music in various traditional instrumentations and languages, such as Acholi, Rukonjo and Rufumbira.[2]

Music career

He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays instruments like enanga,Omukuri, Enzamba, Guitar and various oother guitars. He started his professional music carrier in 2015 playing at festivals, scoring films, and many other events like, Pearl Rhythm stage coach and festival. He also performed at the Milege World Music Festival in both 2014 and 2015, the Nyege Nyege Festival, Yella Cultural festival, Ongala festival in Tanzania and the Laba Festival.[3][4][5][6]

On 13 April 2019, Mukiga played at the official Ugandan launch for the janzi, held by Ssewa Ssewa at Katonga Hall in Kampala.[7]

Songs

Awards and nominations

Awards & Nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref
2017 The Uganda Music Awards (TAMU) Best Regional Artiste (Western)
Song:Enzamba Egambe 		Nominated [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "News / Interview: Meet Haka Mukiga, a New Gifted Artiste on the World Music Scene". Chimpreports. Shamim Kawalha. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Musicians 2016". Milege.
  3. ^ "LaBa! festival to take over the streets of Uganda's capital". Music in Africa. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Kerunen and team do it better at Pearl Rhythm Festival". The Observer. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Pearl Rhythm Festival amplifies Ugandan sounds". Showbiz Uganda. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  6. ^ "How Pearl Rhythm is redefining the Ugandan sound". Music in Africa. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Music, a great Platform through which people speak about injustice – Lt. Gen Muhoozi". Africa Tembelea. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Curtains come down on Stage Coach". The East African. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  9. ^ "The Uganda Music Awards: Here's the full list of nominees". Big Eye. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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