Embalasasa, Samite (Triloka) Samite is a gentle singer, a musician full of love for his native Uganda and its people. He's especially sympathetic to children living in refugee camps, victims of Africa's ongoing tribal displacement, and some of these songs seem directed at them. His lyrics are based on simple stories of his childhood, implied in a few vivid images or mythic tales of his homeland, punctuated by the theme of enduring love. Underscoring them is a loping, easy gait that evokes long-distance runners on the Ugandan plain rhythms that could go on forever. This recording may be classified as world music, but the world is getting smaller. Apart from the scant lyrics, often chanted as much as sung, this recording, with its folk-style acoustic guitar and occasional jazz-tinged piano, evokes Paul Simon's world music fusions. Except, of course, that here the Western sounds are overlaid with an authentic African foundation. Samite plays two native instruments expertly: the kalimba, a percussive "thumb piano" withtuned metal keys mounted on a resonating gourd, and a wooden African flute. The overall effect is hypnotic and beautiful, and any listener with broad tastes will find his music irresistible. Many of these songs also have a social message, serving as allegories for the AIDS epidemic ravaging Africa, among other injustices. That revelation, however, will be lost on all but readers of the liner notes.