'Spirit of Uganda' celebrates life By Jasmina Wellinghoff, For the Express-News San Antonio, Texas
Updated 04:21 p.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Peter Kasule can empathize with his young performers in the touring troupe Spirit of Uganda, all of whom are either orphans or at-risk youths.
Review: ‘Spirit of Uganda’
By Jasmina Wellinghoff/For the Express-News San Antonio, Texas
Posted on 01/15/2012
Comprised of young, mostly teenage performers who drum, sing and dance, the 22-member “Spirit of Uganda” touring company is “the public face of Empower African Children,” a Dallas-based nonprofit that cares for and supports vulnerable and orphaned Ugandan children with the goal of creating future national leaders. The majority of the performers are orphans themselves in a nation that has 2.4 million parentless children.
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