Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music and Interfaith Harmony in Uganda

The songs in this collection are written and performed by the coffee farmers of the Peace Kawomera (Delicious Peace) Fair Trade cooperative in Mbale, Uganda. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim farmers work together to overcome generations of conflict and poverty. Village guitar groups and women’s choirs sing to stress the transformative impact of Fair Trade prices and to encourage their neighbors to join the coffee cooperative. Accompanied with xylophone, drums, and other traditional instruments, these farmers sing of the benefits of interfaith cooperation and, through music, teach new cooperative members how to produce great coffee. J. J. Keki, the founder of the cooperative, says: “Use whatever you have to create peace! If you have music, use your music to create peace. For us, we have coffee. We are using coffee to bring peace to the world.”

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Track Listing

101	The Benefits of Coffee	Akuseka Takuwa Kongo Group	04:23
102	The People of Uganda	Balitwegomba Choir	04:07
103	Get Up and Grow Coffee!	J. J. Keki and the Peace Kawomera Jazz Band	03:34
104	Hit the Jerrycan!	Integrated Rural Development Support Programs Choir	05:26
105	In Uganda, Everyone Grows Coffee	Mbiko Aisa Farmers Group	04:18
106	Let Us Continue Farming	Kasimu Namanyala and Paul Mugoya	05:26
107	Construct a Processing Factory	Gumutindo Quality Choir	01:49
108	My Beautiful Wife, Come Back and We’ll Grow Coffee	Peace Kawomera Jazz Band	05:13
109	Poverty is an Obstacle to a Good Marriage	Masada	02:22
110	Let All Religions Come Together	Akuseka Takuwa Kongo Group	05:12
111	Salaam alaikum	Balitwegomba Choir	03:26
112	In Nangolo, We Are All Fired Up	J. J. Keki and the Peace Kawomera Jazz Band	03:55
113	If You Are Stuck in Tradition, Change Will Not Wait for You	Gumutindo Women’s Group	02:00
114	The Bagisu People Have Brought Vanilla and Coffee	Matale Mirembe Vanilla Group	02:27
115	Educate Our Children	Balitwegomba Choir	04:10
116	We Have Improved Our Economic Status	Mbiko Aisa Farmers Group	04:29