Clipper Ogwang, one of the leading players of the Ugandan harp known as nanga, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.
Ogwang was born in 1936. He started as a singer and learned how to play his father’s nanga. In 1956, he studied guitar and won various guitar competitions in Agago, Omoro and Chua. Later, he went back to his popular nanga music.
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