SLUM tourism has a long history — during the late 1800s, lines of wealthy New Yorkers snaked along the Bowery and through the Lower East Side to see “how the other half lives.”

But with urban populations in the developing world expanding rapidly, the opportunity and demand to observe poverty firsthand have never been greater.

Archives 2008
+ Ajuma on the catwalk at Fashion for Peace
+ American Independence Day
+ Atemi & The Villagers
+ Bengenge Listening Party
+ Book Launch: The Marriage Dance
+ BRIT AWARDS 2008
+ Chizi Concert at the Simba Saloon, Carnivore
+ Christmas Classics
+ Clay Muganda Goes to Germany
+ Connie Aluoch Panache Personified
+ Eric Wainaina’s pre-tour concert
+ Fiesta Jirambe
+ Jazz at the [...]

Ugandan musician Rachel Kiwanuka has began the year on a good note.
The young singer, who was in the US for a promotional tour, has signed a huge endorsement deal with PEPSI International.
”I’m the new Pepsi Ambassador in Uganda. I signed the deal in the U.S. and I’m so happy,” the singer said. However, she did [...]

Iman & Oluchi to judge M-Net Face Of Africa 2010 finale

Iman, one of the world’s premier supermodels, will be on the judges’ panel to select the M-Net Face of Africa 2010 at the glittering live finale this Saturday.
She will share the enviable task of selecting Africa’s next catwalk superstar with a team of experienced [...]

R. Kelly performs at Lugogo Cricket Oval

It was short. And that will probably be the main criticism people that attended the concert by R&B artiste R. Kelly at the Lugogo Cricket Grounds on Friday
night will have. Just over an hour after he took to the stage, the singer saluted, bowed and left. And thousands [...]

First Mackenzie Phillips tells us she was keeping it in the family with her Mamas & the Papas papa, then it turns out David Letterman was mixing business with a whole lot of pleasure. Celebrity sex scandals have taken a weird turn this fall, and that’s saying a lot — it takes a heck of [...]

Celebrity musician Wyclef Jean denounced charges that he misappropriated funds from his charity, Yele Haiti, and defended the foundation and his commitment to Haiti relief efforts.
“Let me be clear: I denounce any allegation that I have ever profited personally through my work with Yele Haiti,” Jean said in a statement released Saturday. “These baseless attacks [...]

Comedy Nite every Thursday at National Theatre is a fixture on Kampala’s entertainment calendar.
She has inspired more ladies into singing and acting. The former child-actress with Black Pearls has gone all the way to start her own theatre group, the Afri-Talent which still has a loyal following at Bat Valley Theatre along Bombo Road.
These people [...]

1 Facebook.com
The undisputed king of social networking sites, accounting for over half of the social networking traffic in the US, and therefore, concievably, the world.
2 Myspace.
second largest social networking site in the world never quite caught on in Uganda. But a great place for musicians to get their name known. Singers from Bobi Wine to [...]

Rufftone
“I want to go into entrepreneurship by introducing business into the local music industry. This involves having a corporate identity and being taken more seriously.”
Nameless

“I hope to lead a healthier life by keeping fit. I will be working out on a regular basis and eating healthy food. As the East Africa Breweries Limited responsible drinking [...]