Rodney Muhumuza
@Roduza
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Uganda-based correspondent @AP. At work on 'Sister Caldonia,' a nonfiction novel. Founder & Editor @WegandaReview and curator of https://t.co/v30nY7f22e
Kampala
Joined February 2010
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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"Obviously narration is only an act of memory; on the other hand, it holds nothing in reserve for future use." -- Peter Handke / A Sorrow Beyond Dreams.
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"Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story." -- Tim O'Brien.
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"Life is like that sometimes, it protects you." -- Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
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"A work of art is a true symbol, in that it is pregnant with meaning, partakes of both 'conscious' and 'unconscious,' yet cannot be sharply defined in purely intellectual terms." -- Anthony Storr.
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RT @CraryAP: In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others (From @roduza for @AP's Religion Team) h….
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In Uganda, politics often intertwines with spiritual beliefs, as many politicians secretly consult traditional healers or witch doctors for perceived advantages.
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"An idea is psychologically true inasmuch as it exists." -- Carl Jung.
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"Writing cannot be done in a state of desirelessness." -- Janet Malcolm / The Silent Woman.
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"If the truth is told, the youth can grow. They learn to survive until they gain control." -- Nasir Jones.
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RT @WegandaReview: The cover of the 9th issue of @wegandareview. As ever, the issue includes a terrific mix of essays, fiction & poetry. Ar….
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RT @CraryAP: Rising school fees dismay many Africans. Some expect the Catholic Church to do more to help (From @roduza and @MutsakaFarai fo….
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Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest school dropout rates and a driving factor is that parents are being crushed by unpredictable school fees.
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RT @WegandaReview: Weganda Gallery in Bugolobi, Kampala, was launched on Saturday with the unveiling of the Roduza Collection. The art exhi….
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The NY Times obit for the Congolese scholar V. Y. Mudimbe:
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He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.
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RT @WegandaReview: The Weganda Foundation is pleased to announce that it will launch the Weganda Gallery in Bugolobi, Kampala, on May 10, 2….
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RT @WegandaReview: The cover of the eighth issue of @WegandaReview, set to be published in mid-April. As always, the issue features a wonde….
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"The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes." -- Michel Houellebecq/Atomised.
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"Literature is pleasure and knowledge . It's useful only so long as one doesn't set out to make it useful." -- Javier Cercas.
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Risdel Kasasira, the Ugandan journalist who was killed in a senseless road accident yesterday, was extremely kind and humble, the only person I know who never kept a grudge. To convince him of the evil in others was very hard. It just made him laugh. He will be long remembered.
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RT @sindika_dokolo: Dear All,.As we mark the 4th anniversary of Sindika Dokolo’s passing, a memorial mass will be held to honour his memory….
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"[B]ooks, if they need to be written, will always find their moment." -- Geoff Dyer, Out of Sheer Rage.
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