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Makerere University Department of Performing Arts & Film

Genre : Development/education
Status : Private company
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
P.o Box 7062
Kampala
Uganda
Tel. : +256 (414) 4673848 | +256 (414) 4673848
http://paf.mak.ac.ug/
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The Department of Performing Arts (PAF) started in 1971 as a modification of the teaching of Drama subject offered in the English Department in the former Faculty of Arts. In addition, the Ministry of Education expressed a need for Music teachers in secondary schools, which service it was thought the new department could provide.The Department of Performing Arts (PAF) started in 1971 as a modification of the teaching of Drama subject offered in the English Department in the former Faculty of Arts.

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM

Students offer twelve (12) courses in the first year and all courses are core. In second and third years, students choose areas of specialization, which are informed by the elective courses that they offer.  

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Guerrilla Arts
  • HOT
  • Bayimba
  • Uganda Women Writers Association
  • Arts 256
  • 32º East
  • Amakula Festival

With the support of