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{{Short description|Uganda musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Joanita Kawalya
| image              = Joanita Kawalya Muganga.jpg
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|05|01}}
| birth_place        = [[Uganda]]
| death_date         =
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| nationality        = Ugandan
| education          = Lubiri Secondary School
| alma_mater         = Kyambogo University
| occupation         = Musician
| spouse             = ''Christopher Muganga''
}}
'''Joanita Kawalya''' is a Ugandan musician and activist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7534:joanita-kawalya-reckons-women-can-do-it-better-than-men|title=Joanita Kawalya Reckons Women Can Do It Better Than Men|accessdate=2 February 2015|date=7 March 2010|first=Abu-Baker|last=Mulumba|newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)|The Observer]]|archive-date=23 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123093352/https://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7534:joanita-kawalya-reckons-women-can-do-it-better-than-men|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is a member of the [[Afrigo Band]]{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP-->, the longest-lasting musical band in [[Uganda]], which has been in continuous existence since 1975.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bamuturaki|last=Musinguzi|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Kampala+most+resilient+band+Afrigo+plays+on/-/434746/1990058/-/ptxvk0/-/index.html%7Caccessdate=25|title=Kampala's Most Resilient Band Afrigo Plays On|date=12 September 2013|accessdate=2 February 2015|newspaper=[[The EastAfrican]] (Nairobi)|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116055131/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Kampala+most+resilient+band+Afrigo+plays+on/-/434746/1990058/-/ptxvk0/-/index.html%7Caccessdate=25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 February 2013|url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23755:38-and-still-counting&catid=73:highlights|title=Afrigo: 38 And Still Counting|accessdate=2 February 2015|first=Hassan Badru|last=Zziwa|newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)|The Observer]]|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200245/http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23755%3A38-and-still-counting&catid=73%3Ahighlights|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Kawalya was born to the late singer Eclaus Kawalya on 5 January 1967.<ref name="Hits">{{cite web|accessdate=2 February 2015|url=http://www.hipipo.com/music/news/1177/Hits-That-Made-Them--Moses-Matovu-And-Afrigo-Band|date=26 August 2011|publisher=Hipipo.com|title=Hits That Made Them: Moses Matovu And Afrigo Band|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225191420/http://www.hipipo.com/music/news/1177/Hits-That-Made-Them--Moses-Matovu-And-Afrigo-Band|url-status=dead}}</ref>  She worked as a teacher at ''Lubiri Senior Secondary School'' between 1989 and 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/28/733166|title=Joanita Kawalya: Afrigo Band Musician|date=26 September 2010|accessdate=2 February 2015|first=Samuel|last=Lutwama|newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203020715/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/28/733166|archive-date=3 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Music career==
Kawalya started singing at an early age. She went on to sing in choir in school and later as a part time member of "The Wrens", courtesy of her father's guest performances with the band. He would take the whole family with him. She joined [[Afrigo Band]]{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP--> in 1986 when she was nineteen-year-old, replacing her sister, Margaret, also a vocalist who was leaving for Germany. She did music as she did a teaching course at [[Kyambogo University]] In 1993, she quit teaching and concentrated on music and mothering her two children.<ref name="Lady">{{cite web|accessdate=2 February 2015| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/ugandaat50/Joanita-Kawalya--Afrigo-s-first-lady/-/1370466/1407688/-/r42i76z/-/index.html|date=19 May 2012| title=Joanita Kawalya: Afrigo’s First Lady|first=Christine|
last=Wanjiru Wanjala|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] (Kampala)}}</ref>
==Other responsibilities==
She has served as a community advisory member on the National Aids project, the Walter Reed project<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muwrp.org/|title=Makerere University Walter Reed Project|website=muwrp.org|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> and the Makerere Johns Hopkins joint project. She has also been involved in grass root campaigns for HIV/AIDS and her face is now recognizable as one of the facilitators for the Nabagereka's annual cultural fete, the ''Kisakaate''. Kawalya is also involved in mentorship of talent.<ref name="Lady"/>
== Family ==
Joanita Kawalya is a mother of two children.<ref name="Hits" />
==See also==
* [[Afrigo Band]]
* [[Moses Matovu]]
* [[Frank Mbalire]]
==References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.katutandike.org/news/7-content/89-bobi-wine-and-joanity-kawalya-join-ktu-as-goodwill-ambassadors  Bobi Wine & Joanita Kawalya Join Katutandike As Goodwill Ambassadors]
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