Bamboo Business

Cover image: A farm caretaker in Mbarara stands atop a pile of bamboo poles. There’s a growing bamboo movement in Uganda, fueled in part by the government’s efforts to promote the plant as a cash crop. Some farmers in rural areas are now starting to plant bamboo in substantial quantities. © Rodney Muhumuza for TWR

Weganda Expression is a regular feature of TWR. It is a photograph in the possession of the editor that is judged to come closest to pinpointing one or another aspect of the Ugandan condition.