Herman Basudde

Whenever there was a party in the village, he entertained the guests with his guitar and his music, receiving money in return as a token of appreciation.

[citation needed] His career guide was the singer Livingstone Kasozi, who taught him to play the guitar, sing, and perform live on stage.

Basudde is credited as one of the musicians who revived interest in baakisimba, mixing Western and Kiganda music to appeal to a new audience.

[6] He had a husky voice and sang passionate songs about mischievous love affairs, philandering husbands, and bizarre witchcraft.

In a popular song, Ekiwuka Ekyaga Muntamu, Basudde used metaphor to invoke the AIDS epidemic in Uganda.

In the song, the narrator dreams of a lizard-like insect invading his home and despoiling life, food, and sex.

He had left the Catholic Church to adopt animism and was attacked by certain clergy for forsaking religion in favor of witchcraft.

He was accused of sensationalizing his music by bringing seductively dressed girls onto the stage and commercializing the Kadongo Kamu singers.

Fred Ssebatta, one of Kadongo Kamu regents, asserts that Herman Basudde was creative and worked quickly.

On October 12, 2012, Ghetto president Bobi Wine paid tribute to the work of Herman Basudde.

He had a huge following for his husky voice and the passion of his lyrics about mischievous love affairs, philandering husbands, bizarre witchcraft, and other songs that propelled him from abject poverty to fortune worth millions during his lifetime.

He had noted that his long-term colleague, Livingstone Kasozi, had been buried holding his favorite cassette tape, and he wanted his guitar to console him in the same way in the afterlife.

He was accused of sensationalizing his music by bringing seductively dressed girls onto the stage and commercializing the Kadongo Kamu singers.