Of all the things I expected to do in Kampala, going to a concert for a US-based artist that I was never particularly excited about was not one of them. However, US hip hop is really big here, so whenever any of the stars (or mini-stars) comes into town, it's quite an event. R. Kelly was here a couple years ago, Wyclef came at some point, and this year it was Sean Kingston. My whole office and essentially everyone I have met in Kampala was going, so I figured I had to be there. Despite it being an objectively pretty crappy concert (SK came with no band, performed about 5 songs, and at one point threatened to get off the stage because people were throwing cups at him... and all this was broken up by on-stage advertisements), we all managed to have a great time and it was fun to see so many of the people I have run into at work events, social occasions, dinners, etc. all in one place. I was advised before the concert to not bring anything that I didn't want pick-pocketed, so I don't have any photos of my own, but here are a couple (and a somewhat hilarious article) from the newspaper.
The local paper's article is indeed hilarious..!
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yes I love this quote! Just the fact that all of Kampala knows that Sean Kingston got in a ridiculous jet-skiing accident that delayed his concert to begin with is kind of hilarious.
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