Musician King Saha is a passionate advocate for his nation’s music scene. With over a decade within the business, he holds a powerful perception within the distinctive high quality of Ugandan music, even suggesting it surpasses Nigerian music in originality.
Saha argues that Nigerian artists have a historical past of borrowing from Ugandan sounds, implying a scarcity of distinctiveness of their work. He personally expresses no admiration for Nigerian artists, attributing their perceived success extra to confidence than precise musical superiority—a trait he feels Ugandans, on the whole, lack.
“When Nigerian artists come right here, they attempt to copy us,” Saha explains. “I do not need to be like all Nigerian artist. Ugandans simply lack confidence in all the things they do.”
He additionally factors to the distinction in nationwide improvement as a key issue, suggesting that evaluating the 2 music industries is unfair given Nigeria’s earlier financial developments. “You ought to cease evaluating Ugandan artists to Nigerians as a result of these nations developed a very long time in the past, in contrast to Uganda,” he provides.
