Paskaziah Nyiragaromba - The Omudhuri Player

June 21st 2023
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Region
Uganda
Researcher
Formats
Archive of the future
Conscious movement
Sound action to be replicated
Disciplines
Deep listening practices
Ethnomusicology
Social studies
Themes
Healing
Wisdom Keepers
Sound repatriation

Paskiah Nyiragaromba is one of the living Batwa female soloists and instrument player in Biraala community in Kisoro

She is a mother of seven and wife to Sembagare. All her children are singers, dancers and instrument player of their indigenous Batwa music. She is however very fragile currently, almost crippled with athritis.

She has passed on her skill to her children through the years and continues to sing and play despite are physical short comings. She sings about the life she had in the forest and talks about the legacy of the Omudhuri, her favourite instrument.