Edrine K is a singer and social advocate from Kasese, Uganda, who uses music to put a spotlight on issues affecting girls and women. She’s a youth champion of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda and even represented all young people in Uganda at ICPD25 Nairobi Summit. She has received national and international acclaim for her role in using music to advocate for the rights of women and girls and for education access. She’s a youth ambassador for several Community Based Organizations. Kirindiro Communications supports her work.
She Released the Audio for Kabugho a few months ago and today we are glad to premier
with you the visuals for this son.
Some brief story about the song “Kabugho”
The spirit of this project
is the several social limitations that different generations of women have
faced in Uganda and the tragedy of the untapped potential of the millions of
women who live (d) without going through formal education. Kabugho is the name
given to the third daughter born to a couple among the Bakonzo people of
Uganda. The Bakonzo name their children according to their birth order. Masika,
Biira, and Kabugho are the first, second and third daughters respectively.
In this song, each of those
names represents a different generation of women, and the generational
inequality that they’ve experienced in accessing opportunities, in this
particular case, education. The song is a call to the younger generation of
women, “the Kabughos,” to embrace education as their surest tool of overcoming
many of the challenges that were faced by our foremothers and grandmothers who
never accessed education.
Watch video right here, hopefully you enjoy it
The song is a conversation
between a mother and her younger daughter Kabugho. The mother expresses her
deep sorrow at what befell her elder daughters Masika and Biira who dropped out
of school. She then implores Kabugho to take away her sorrow by staying in
school until completion to be able to overcome the tragedy of the untapped
potential of her elder siblings, Masika and Biira, who dropped out of school
due to succumbing to HIV/AIDS and
child marriage respectively. 
The mother tells her
daughter Kabugho examples of very successful women from the local community
whose lives were transformed because of education. Kabugho’s mother then asks
her to look up to these role models whose lives were transformed because of
completing school.
In the final analysis
The striking message of this song is that education levels the playing field for girls and women and when a girl drops out of school for any reason, it’s a tragedy because of their lost potential. Girl child education is an indispensable first step in overcoming generational gender inequality. The other message is that girls need role models to look up to in the pursuit of education to help them stay focused. Strong role models have a lasting effect on the scope of a girl’s dreams and goals in life. This song is a call to every girl to stay in school and emulate the educated women in their community to be able to achieve their dreams.
Download "Kabugho" MP3 song right here
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