Maganda Shakul

Primarily, Maganda is a recording and performing percussion artist from, and based in,Uganda. He collect samples from underrepresented, indigenous groups and communities in rural Uganda, and use these to record, release and perform "Bakisimbatronics" music, which is the term he uses to describe the genre of music he makes. He has released on record labels including, but not limited to, East African Records and Kiyira Records, and performed at venues including the UN Office in Geneva, and festivals including Nyege Nyege in Uganda and Kilele summit in Kenya, amongst others. At the 2024 end of last year, he was humbled to receive an award and honorary mention for minority artists working on memory in the present from the UN, in recognition of his work as an artist. Alongside this, he is the founder and creative director of Tutabaale, a fashion brand focused on upcycling, and adding value to, second-hand clothing from Owino Market, to challenge the existence and extent of consumer cultures, and their impact on the environment, in Uganda and beyond. As a member of Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, he is also the founder and director of Sounds of Renewal - an 8-person music group, whose instruments and costumes are made entirely from trash he collects in marginalised spaces overwhelmed by excess waste. He organises and hosts regular "Groove and Green" events in Uganda and Kenya, to promote the work of Sounds of Renewal, and other artists working within the intersection of music, fashion and climate change awareness, to demand a greener, more sustainable future, both on the producer and consumer side of the creative industries. He also organises and hosts monthly "Street Flash Mop" outreach activities, to educate and empower local waste-affected communities on resourceful ways to reuse and repurpose trash in their areas into new, innovative art forms.

Experience Maganda Shakul at Mina and Maganda Shakul present: Bakimbunu