Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala are searching for Augustine Sekajugo, a dental surgery student at Makerere University who has been missing for eight days now. According to his neighbor, Sekajugo left his rented room on May 2 at 1 pm, informing his friend that he was …
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Two Ugandan artists, Collin Sekajugo and Pamela Acaye Kerunen step on the biggest art stage in the World that runs from 23 April to 27 November 2022 ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | It is almost time to sing all praises to Ugandan art. The inaugural presence of Ugandan artists, Collin …
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Since his groundbreaking public art performance in 2012 dubbed Secolliville, in Bukoto a Kampala city suburb and later during the Laba! Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Street Art Festival 2013, artist Collin Sekajugo’s art has set unprecedented waves of interest and curiosity on the Kampala Contemporary art scene. This …
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`We have lost our capacity to empathise; to ask what if it were me’ Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | For his boda boda helmet project, artist Collin Sekajugo creatively decorates works motor-cycle rider helmets using textile collages or paintings in a campaign against road accidents. Kampala has narrow roads …
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Entrepreneurial artist tackles issues you should care about Kampala, Uganda | Dominic Muwanguzi | Boda-boda; the motorcycle taxi found all over Uganda, is now internationally renowned after being added to the newest edition of the Oxford English dictionary. It plays a vital role in the local transport industry with many …
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