Music & Dance

There are many different tribes in Uganda and these tribes enjoy passing down their music and dancing to the younger generation! Ugandan children enjoy singing at home, at school and at church. Did you know that Sherinah, the director of SNH, danced as a child! I have this beautiful photo to prove it:

Drums are a big part of Ugandan music and can be made from cow hide and wood! Check out the photo of these traditional drums from Learning from Uganda. (If you would like to learn more about traditional Ugandan instruments, click here.)

Here is a fun video of Ugandan children singing and dancing!


Do you enjoy singing and dancing? What about playing music? Do you play an instrument?

If you would like to create your own simple musical instruments, check out these instructions from UK Ugandan Network:

"1. Make Your Own Drum:

You will need a catering size tin with the top and bottom removed or the thick cardboard tubes that are used in carpet shops, heavy duty polythene sheet or inner tubing, reinforcement rings, cord and scissors. In Uganda zebra skin in often used to cover the drums.

Make a water drum using a metal bucket a quarter filled with water. Stretch some thick plastic over the top and tie firmly in place.

2. A rattle.
This is another type of instrument that is very popular. Use squashed bottle tops on a wire frame and wrap the handle with insulating tape.

3. Shakers.
Collect together dried peas, rice, macaroni and so on and place varying amounts into yoghurt cartoons before covering with colourful paper."

About Hannah Hinojosa...Hannah is a long time Compassion sponsor (she was Sherinah's sponsor) and writes about her sponsorship journey at Because of Shamim. In addition to being a wife and mother, she is a part-time math professor and loves to read.