The Weganda Review’s fourth issue (April –June 2024) has been published in print and online, with essays on Kenya’s disputatious leader, the political rise of the Ugandan president’s brother, the ‘madness’ of Nairobi, broken things in Uganda, and African hair. This issue includes the diary of a young grocery clerk who works in a supermarket outside Kampala. Featured poetry is by Chioniso Tsikisayi, Ber Anena, Ssebo Lule, and Mugabi Byenkya. There’s fiction by Rodney Muhumuza and Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto. Art portfolios belong to George W. Kyeyune and R. Canon Griffin. The Quote of the Quarter is extracted from The Sea by John Banville. This is not a themed issue; the general drift is memory.
The Weganda Review’s fifth issue (July – Sept. 2024) has been published in print and online, with essays on Rwanda three decades after the genocide, Jacob Zuma, personal guilt, food as resistance, and the politics of conservation in Uganda. This issue includes the diary of a young waitress who works in a café just outside Kampala. Featured poetry is by Yarri Kamara, Michael Imossan, Musiime Michelle Tumwesigye, and Lillian Akampurira Aujo. There’s fiction by Sanni Omodolapo. Art portfolios belong to the painter Leonard Kateete and the ceramist Bruno Sserunkuuma. The Quote of the Quarter is extracted from All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski. This is not a themed issue; the general drift is second chances.