Newsman @AP. At work on 'Sister Caldonia,' a novel. Founding editor @WegandaReview, curator of wegandagallery.com & collector of roduzacollection.com
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3 Jul 2023
The Weganda Review is produced at the intersection of art and ideas, by and for those interested in African stories. It aspires to be the most instructive journal of its kind south of Khartoum, a world-class periodical right here in Kampala. This is the inaugural cover:
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“Monet is only an eye, but what an eye.” — Paul Cezanne on the art of Claude Monet
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Jun 9
Pope Leo will tap into the Sagrada Familia's allure while honoring Catalonia's holy mountain
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Jun 4
How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin (By @Roduza for @AP's Religion Team)
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“Practice any Art: music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, no matter how well or badly, not to get money & fame but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”
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For @AP I wrote about “goonism” and President William Ruto’s role in rising political violence in Kenya: apnews.com/article/kenya-goo…
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Pascal’s Wager: As clever as the 17th century French thinker Blaise Pascal was, he defended faith. For him, to believe in God was rational: there is no conflict between faith and reason. In short, there can be no life without faith.
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The cover of the 12th issue of @WegandaReview , with striking art by Stephen Gwoktcho. Portfolios are by him & Ronald Odur. Devoted readers can expect the same powerful mix of prose and poetry. @ahpetite @Gyezaho @emutaizibwa @PTabaire @cobbo3 @BBatwooki @BongeMuhwezi @OdokiJ
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In Congo, an unconventional Christian movement has existential lessons for the troubled nation (from @Roduza for @AP's Religion Team) apnews.com/article/congo-kim…
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I was recently interviewed for an @AP story exploring how religious authority, prophecy, and material objects shape political struggles in South Sudan.
Many thanks to Rodney Muhumuza @Roduza for the opportunity to discuss history, belief, and politics 🙏🏾
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In South Sudan, a prophet's sacred stick helps fuel a violent struggle for political power. (From @AP’s @Roduza )
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“Literature will always remain a game for me.” — Vladimir Nabokov
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“It is a mistake to think there is ever a single language.” — literary critic Helene Cixous
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Feb 20
A macabre dispute has kept the body of Zambia's former president unburied for months (from @Roduza for @AP's Religion Team) apnews.com/article/zambia-bu…
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For The Associated Press, I wrote about a macabre dispute in Zambia, where former leader Edgar Lungu remains unburied eight months after he died in South Africa: apnews.com/article/zambia-bu…
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The South African film director William C. Faure died young. But he left behind a masterpiece that hasn't been equaled in these parts: the TV miniseries Shaka Zulu, a fictitious drama of the life of the Zulu warrior-king. We, the 80s kids, grew up on Margaret Singana:
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The cover of the 11th issue of @WegandaReview, which comes out in mid-Jan. This is a compelling issue, with the usual diverse mix of prose, poetry and art. Cover art is a painting on paper by Victoria Nabulime. @BBatwooki @PTabaire @Gyezaho @TioKauma @cobbo3 @OdokiJ @ahpetite
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Zora Neale Hurston was born today in 1891 in Alabama. The American writer executed one of the most famous opening lines in modernist literature: “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”
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“One either has a subject, or one has not.” ~ the Australian painter John Brack
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"The true subject of art is man in his universe... The universal language is that of familiar objects, of the bread on which the knife rests." -- the French art critic Jean Bouret
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