THE WORD ENDERE means FLUTE .
NDERE TROUPE, therefore, means FLUTE TROUPE .

The flute was chosen as a symbol of:

Beauty:
Because it produces such beautiful and irresistible music which can be manipulated to express different moods, such as love, thoughtfulness, loneliness, sorrow, romance, happiness etc.

Universal Unity:
All peoples of the world have a flute in their cultures. The flute is like the red blood that flows in our bodies no matter our external differences. Ndere Troupe prides in emphasising commonalties and enjoying the rich differences.

Ndere Troupe is a cultural development organisation that was founded in 1986 by Rwangyezi Stephen with the above objectives

Ndere Troupe is Africa 's dancing encyclopedia.
In Africa, written words did not exist thus Africa's cultural history literature, knowledge and wisdom were recorded and passed on to succeeding generations through the medium of performing arts, music, dance, story telling and poetry.

Pride in Education
In efforts to salvage and conserve African heritage, Ndere Troupe performs a repertoire of more the 40 authentic Ugandan dances and songs accompanied by various indeginous percussive, stringed and wind instruments. The Troupe engages in various projects aimed keeping African generations educated about traditional entertainment and also uses traditional entertainment to spread knowledge about such current issues as modern farming techniques and HIV/AIDS.