Okony Tumangu Tim – Lweny orii okato (The war has taken long)

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Okony Tumangu Tim: “In this song we mention that the war has taken very long, it is not ending. The war has depopulated the area, because many people were killed.

Okony Tumangu Tim literally means ‘Help Tumangu Team’. Tumangu is a small village in Kitgum district in northern Uganda. Most of the thirty-three group members are women. They dance and sing about issues that are important to their community, such as land, sickness and war. Besides the choir and dancers, the group consists of a lead singer, two ladies playing bila and whistle and two drummers.