Katokye

John Katokye carries the vocal traditions of the Banyankore people of Western Uganda through deeply immersive performances shaped by memory, landscape, and repetition.

Rooted in ekyeshongoro — a form of improvised poetic singing — his music unfolds in long, cyclical vocal passages that blur storytelling, meditation, and collective ritual.

Having spent much of his life herding cattle across the plains of Western Uganda, Katokye developed his voice within the rhythms of rural life and oral traditi…