The sprawling slums of Kampala are a far cry from the glitzy stage of Britain's Got Talent, where a group of Ugandan street kids will be performing in Sunday's grand finale of the hit UK television show. | News24Arts
, which was set up in 2007 in the poor Kampala neighbourhood of Makindye by former school teacher Dauda Kavuma.
"Whenever I sang, I forgot my troubled past," he says, attributing help from his teachers including the head of an Islamic school who paid his fees, for setting him on a path out of poverty."I thought, what if I use music, dance and drama to transform the underprivileged in the ghettos," he says."My inspiration was my love for music and to pay back to the society that has supported me through my hard life.
Priscilla's parents, both without jobs, found themselves unable to take care of their six children, and she was taken under Kavuma's wing. They have gone on to win several African and global awards, and have worked with international music stars such as American singer-songwriter Chris Brown and Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid.
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