i.HUG

The International HUG Foundation was formed based on the realization that too many children in Uganda were needlessly slipping through the cracks. We can and are doing something to help them. This blog documents our becoming and the institution of ideas into practice.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Your First Luganda Lessons


In honor of the marriage of two homegrown organizations teaming up this summer / i.hug with spring street sessions / to raise money for a good cause and bring local music to the masses / we'd like to give you a little English to Luganda translation.

Compliments of Paddy Luzige (shown here).

>music for the masses ENYMBA Z'ABONNA
>music comes from the heart ENYIMBA EZIVA KUMUTIMA
>people helping people ABANTU NGA BAYAMBA ABANTU
>community KUMULILWANO
>no man is an island TEWALI MUNTU ABERA YEKKA
>collaborate, integrate OKUKOLAGANIRA EWAMU FFENA
>write because you have to WANDIKA KUBANGA OLINA OKUWANDIKA
>a perfect harmony AMALOBOOZI AMALUNGI
>defying gravity OKUSOMOZA OBUTONDE
>from the dirt, beauty arises EKIRUNGI EKIVA MUNFUFU

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