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Start – A Journal of Arts and Culture in East Africa

• From Archival Articles to Future Festivals – Editorial June
  With a season of arts and music festivals drawing near, this issue of Start Journal invites the Kampala arts community not only to look ahead to the opportunities of future festivals but to look back on where art in Kampala has come from, and how the last six years, the last two decades, even the […]
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• Revitalising Ugandan Bark-Cloth – Concerns of the regime artist
  By Fred Mutebi Blind Leading Blind, Leaders and followers – the current state of affairs in our global community. I consider myself an artist of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) regime, which ousted former governments that were blamed for political turmoil that restricted Ugandan artists from optimal practice at home in the 70s and 80s. During […]
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• Ronex: “Can we think of a future without a documented or archived past?”
  Ronex reflects on his own experience and asks himself: "As Ugandans, if we are still struggling with archiving and access of certain information, what role can each player in the Kampala art world play to avert the situation?" The post Ronex: “Can we think of a future without a documented or archived past?” appeared first […]
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• Poetry of Memory is Voice, Not Words
  By Kagayi Ngobi Kagayi Ngobi (image from the authors facebook page) When the late Joseph Walugembe was still the Director of the Uganda National Theatre, he once explained to my friends and I of the Lantern Meet of Poets how our poetry was different from that of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. I recall him […]
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• Dreams to Write – A Poem by Daphine Arinda
  In this poem, Daphine Afinda reflects how daring it is to choose the writing profession in Uganda considering the challenges that surround it.  Aware of all the risks and the fears, she still dived right into the dream and in December, 2017 and hosted her first ever Poetry Recital. The post Dreams to Write – […]
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• Art Crossroads with Ugandan Mastery – Interview with Dr. Kyeyune
  In anticipation of a busy creative art season kicking off in August 2018 and the KAB18's "The Studio" concept launched recently, many contemporary artists and audiences lurk within corridors in search of the creative voice of Makerere Art Gallery amidst the prevailing visual discourse. Philip Balimunsi interviews Professor George Kyeyune, Director of Makerere Art Gallery/Institute of […]
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