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'Tuko Pamoja': The cultural identity of post-colonial Uganda

Nairobi, April 20 -- The docuseries "Tuko Pamoja" (We Are One) explores Uganda's sense of identity and togetherness or belonging as a post-colonial nation, heroes from Uganda's pre-colonial history, a... Read More


Six works make it to the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist

Nairobi, April 20 -- The 2024 shortlist for the International Booker Prize -the world's most significant award for a single work of translated fiction - has been announced. It features works from six... Read More


Makerere University celebrates its literary legends

Nairobi, April 13 -- Makerere University would not have celebrated its literary legends Prof Arthur Gakwandi and Prof Austin Bukenya without performing some of their literary works on stage. The half... Read More


African music tops revenue growth

Nairobi, April 6 -- Sub-Saharan Africa had the fastest growth in music of any region and was the only one to surpass 20 per cent growth, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic I... Read More


Ugandan film 'Unheard' feted at the iKon Awards

Nairobi, March 30 -- Unheard, a film that tells the story of a young widow in a remote fishing village in Uganda, who breaks away from African tradition, has scooped seven accolades at the 2024 iKon A... Read More


The making of The People's President

Uganda, March 23 -- The observational documentary film Bobi Wine: The People's President, follows the music star, activist and Opposition leader Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu) and hi... Read More


Down memory lane with Swahili Nation

Nairobi, March 23 -- Music group Swahili Nation, whorocked the African nightclubs and airwaves in the 1990s and early 2000s, are back, promising to drop a number of their unreleased songs. Their sing... Read More


The making of 'The People's President'

Uganda, March 23 -- The observational documentary film Bobi Wine: The People's President, follows the music star, activist and Opposition leader Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu) and hi... Read More


Facing off with top guns armed with music, rhetoric

Nairobi, March 16 -- Running in the country's 2021 presidential elections, Bobi Wine used his music to denounce the government in power. In this fight, he had also take on the police and military, who... Read More


'Oppenheimer' sweeps Oscars

Nairobi, March 16 -- Biographical film "Oppenheimer" (2023) that tells the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb scooped seven accolades ... Read More