ARTS

A perfect getaway on a weekend would definitely be out of town; an escape from the loathly traffic jam and pollution in the city. Within the context of finding such retreat, Ndegeya Community of the Arts, births a novel fully packaged art weekend program dubbed Masaka Arts Weekend intended to …

Kampala, Uganda | ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW | In the vibrant world of Ugandan television, a captivating saga of love, deceit, and family unfolds on the screen, and at its core stands the multi-talented Doreen Mirembe. She not only graces the role of Damalie but also serves as the driving force behind …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  One of Uganda’s biggest Afrosoul artists – Kenneth Mugabi – has revealed that he got his big break in the industry from performing on the Fun Factory Comedicine stage at the National Theatre. “While we were on campus, a friend of mine called Shamim …

Artist deeply engages audience with the concept of the regular working woman ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Kafunda in Ugandan speak is generally a small working space on the roadside. The phrase Mama Kafunda is usually used on regular working women typically from humble social settings. Their work space will include …

Why isn’t it copyrightable? ART | AGENCIES | More than 100 days into the writers‘ strike in Hollywood, fears were in August mounting over the possibility of studios deploying generative artificial intelligence to completely pen scripts. But intellectual property law has long said that copyrights are only granted to works created …

Gad Niyomukunzi makes plastics beautiful decorations and cleans up local rivers ARTS | BIRD AGENCY | It was the fishermen who finally pushed Gad Niyomukunzi to act. He had been noticing the build-up of plastic bottles in streams in the city he calls home, for years. But when the fishermen of Lake …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo has taken his Afrigo-Band-style Comedy online after thrilling viewers at his first stand-up comedy special a few months ago. Spire pulled crowds at the National Theatre in Kampala when he hosted his first-ever stand-up comedy dubbed “This Country Laughs Alot” on …

Co-curator Ernestine White-Mifetu gives us an illuminating tour of “Africa Fashion” and the greater narrative it encapsulates. ART | LEE CARTER | At the Brooklyn Museum, an electrifying new exhibition establishes Africa as a true fashion capital, bursting with imagination, ingenuity, and its own aesthetic heritage. “African Fashion” showcases the designers …

This man is helping African millennials rediscover the groove ART | OWEN KONZOLO |  “One of the beautiful aspects of vinyl is its ability to preserve cultural heritage. In Africa, vinyl has become more than just a medium for music; it has transformed into a cultural artefact,” proclaims James ‘Jimmy’ Rugami, …

Olufunke Esekhalu’s art encourages people to rethink about their relationship with waste and have conversations about sustainability ART | HUMPHREY NJOKU | The TOPAS hub In the bustling neighbourhood of Surulere in Lagos is one of a wave of tech hubs opening across Africa and the energy and bustle in the …