James K. Makubuya (born in Gayaza, Wakiso District, Uganda) is an ethnomusicologist, instrumentalist, singer, dancer, and choreographer.
He plays several traditional instruments from various parts of Uganda, including the endongo (8-string bowl lyre) and adungu (9-string bow harp), endingidi (1-string tube fiddle), amadinda (12-slab log xylophone), akogo (lamellaphone), and engoma (drums).
Makubuya was born in the town of Gayaza (located 30 km from Kampala, near Lake Victoria, in the Buganda region of Uganda), and is a member of the Baganda ethnic group.
[citation needed] His main research focuses on organological studies in which has written many scholarly papers, including a comparative study of East African bowl lyres, bow harps, and tube fiddles.
He has recorded three solo CDs and appears as a guest artist on a fourth (Wu Man and Friends, 2005).