Sunday Feature: The Search for a Lost Ugandan Opera

Mugabi Turya traces the forgotten legacy of pioneering Ugandan composer and scholar Solomon Mbabi Katana, and his place in the wider story of opera in postcolonial Africa. Including contributions from Lawrence Barasa, opera singer and former member of the Kenyan Boys Choir, Katy Ehrlich, librarian at the BBC Music Archive, Helen Epega, artist and composer of Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera, David Isingoma, son of Solomon Mbabi Katana, Sam Kasule, professor of Postcolonial Theatre and Performance at the University of Derby, Olabode Omojola, composer and professor of ethnomusicology at Five Colleges, USA, Bongani Ndodana-Breen, composer of Winnie: The Opera