Halima Namakula

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Halima Namakula
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Halima Namakula (2013)
Background information
Birth nameHalima Namakula
Also known asThe mother of all artists in Uganda
Born (1960-01-01) January 1, 1960 (age 64)
OriginKampala, Uganda
GenresAfro beat/Reggae/World Beat
Occupation(s)Musician, actress, entrepreneur, humanitarian
InstrumentVocalist
LabelsNo-End Entertainment
Website www.halimawo.org

Halima Namakula (born January 1, 1960) is a Ugandan musician, actress, entrepreneur and humanitarian [1] who in 2009 was nominated to represent Uganda in the Mrs. World beauty pageant. [2]

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Acting

Halima Namakula started her career as a stage actress when she was young and in school with the group called "The Black Pearls". Namakula's acting partner, husband, and the father of her children died in 1994. [3] Though her stage name is Halima Namakula, she sometimes referred to as "the mother of all artists". In the 1990s after the death of her husband, Namakula relocated back to her home country and continued on with her acting, joining a TV soap opera, “That's Life Mwattu”, as Michelle. [4]

Humanitarian efforts

Halima Namakula is the founding member of Women At Work International, a non-government organization that helps to take commercial sex workers off the streets [5] by creating job opportunities for them. [6]

Discography

Since 1999 Halima Namakula has released five studio albums: [7] and they were all done under her own record label, No-End Entertainment.

Albums

Singles

Music videos: [8]

In 2008 Namakula celebrated her 10th anniversary in the music industry right after she had what the media called "a flopped show" at Kati Kati with K-Ci & Jojo. [9] In April 2012 Namakula released a song call "Digida" meaning dance, but this time she stayed away from the nursery rhymes she's known for. [10]

Controversy

In 2003 Halima Namakula's Radio station Beat FM was shut down by the broadcasting Council for operating without a license. [11] In 2007 Halima Namakula was sued for sh57million Uganda shillings (about US$25,000) for running over a three-year-old child. [12] In 2012 Halima was arrested for littering the city of Kampala with posters of her Ndimuzadde concert at Club Obligatto. [13]

Nominations and recognitions

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  2. 1 2 Nantongo, Annet (September 12, 2010). "Who is the most beautiful married woman?". New Vision . Archived from the original on July 8, 2015.
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  5. ↑ "Fasting does not call for looking pale". New Vision . 14 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Namakula takes sex workers off the streets, fights HIV stigma". New Vision . 28 February 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Uganda gets seven Kora nods". New Vision . 17 October 2005. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Halima Namakula - Free MP3 Download". Mp3round.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Never say die Halima Namakula". The Observer . 17 April 2008.
  10. ↑ "Desire Luzinda, Halima Namakula out new tracks". Uganda On Line. 1 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Beat FM Shut Down". New Vision . 19 December 2003.
  12. ↑ "Halima Namakula sued for sh57m". New Vision . 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Halima Namakula arrested for littering the city". Uganda On Line. 3 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Kora Awards Eludes Uganda's Nominees". The Daily Monitor . 14 December 2004.
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