reflecting on 50 years after the 1972 Asian expulsion ... lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/…

Available at MISR. 30k (paperback), 50k (hardback, also with jacket)

The #UgandaAt60 exhibition organized by Prof. Derek R Peterson from Michigan University together with Professors from Makerere University, ugandamuseums, UBC UGANDA archives will be open to the public from tomorrow till late December. Do come & learn more about #UGAt60 journey! Hon.Bahinduka Mugarra Martin

Had the enormous pleasure of reviewing two books on the Congo, students, elites and decolonisation: 'Students of the World' by Pedro Monaville 🦋 @pedro-monaville.bsky.social and 'The Lumumba Generation' by Daniel Tödt. Reading them together was inspiring, lots of interesting questions raised. Links below

His Excellency President Yoweri K Museveni officially opens the #UgandaAt60 #UGAt60 National History exhibition at the ugandamuseums , Kampala. The exhibition is officially open to the Public starting tomorrow till December.UBC UGANDA Explore Uganda 🇺🇬 Hon.Bahinduka Mugarra Martin

For me the highlight of today’s opening #UgandaAt60 was the chance to listen to a fascinating discussion about the very early days of Ugandas independence, given by Miria Obote, Joyce Mpanga, Martin Aliker & others. 1/

Michiel & I have been friends for slightly over a year now, a relationship that started with an introduction by THE AFRICAN STUDIES BOOKSTORE & glued by mutual interests in the arts from both parties. On my way to work today, I met Michiel in Ntinda a long Martyrs’ Way...

Why do African scholars or activists insist that Europe/N. America have to study & understand Africa well (objectively, neutrally, in context—whatever)? What would be the benefit of Euro-America (media, academia) being fair& balanced in their study of Africa? Answer: NOTHING

The first episode of the #AIIJHardQuestions premiers on 2nd November 2022. Don't Miss

Repatriation of our Ankole artifacts and those from other areas such as Bunyoro and Bugisu, is in progress. Thank you Derek R Peterson and your team ugandamuseums . This is total liberation.

My mother Joyce R. Mpanga will be speaking at the inaugural Sarah Ntiro Memorial Lecture on the 1st December 2022 at Makerere University. Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro (Auntie Sarah😁) was Uganda's first woman graduate. A regular guest to our home, I remember her as a kind and loving "auntie". 1/

Below: adult students at the Church Missionary Society school in Mengo learn to write, 1890s. Courtesy Royal Commonwealth Society. For the past year I've been studying Luganda under an excellent teacher, Simon Mpanga, of City Language Centre. He's looking for new students. 1/

Read my latest essay on life, change, and the dilemmas of contemporary African masculinity: @IbuaJournal journal.ibuapublishing.com/the-journal/wh…

I wrote this piece in honour of Wafula Oguttu (Waf, as we all knew him). He gave me my first job. Waf, turned 70 years on 21st December 2022. He is many things but he is most remembered for co-founding Monitor Publications- a life-changing media company. ceo.co.ug/wafula-oguttu-…

Good morning ... Here's our #bookoftheweek The Archive of a Ugandan Missionary: Writings by and about Revd Apolo Kivebulaya (1890s-1950s). Published in 2022. #Uganda

I can’t believe I can finally say this: my new book Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda is out! cambridge.org/core/books/tra… Cambridge University Press #Rwanda #authoritarianism Timothy Longman 🏳️‍🌈 ProfSThomson Filip Reyntjens Benjamin Chemouni @erinjessee Andrea Purdekova An Ansoms @anansoms.bsky.social Dr. Yolande Bouka 🧵...

A Licence To Phil is a poetic rendering of the world through the unshaded lens of Philip Matogo. In it, Matogo has drawn a line in the sand and crossed it as he charts taboo subjects concerning sex, politics and counter- culture.