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Among the Looters by Olivia Nalubwama
The Good President by Akal Mohan
Picture of Life by Rodney Muhumuza
Islandhood by Khaddafina Mbabazi
Akafuuzi by Zabu Wamara
God’s Windows by Nana Nyarko Boateng
Poetry
One poem by Eniola Arowolo
Two poems by Michelle Ivy Alwedo
Two poems by Praise Osawaru
Diary
Watching by Agnes Lemaru, Female Askari
Q of the Q
Willa Cather in Death Comes for the Archbishop
Art and Photography
Weganda Cartoon by Joseph Mugume
Complexity by Godfrey Banadda, with an introduction by TWR
Weganda Expression by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR
Black Womenfolk by Manzi Leon, with an introduction by TWR
Cover art, an acrylic painting titled Blue, is by Manzi Leon
Akal Mohan is a Kenyan short story writer, poet and essayist.
Eniola Arowolo is a writer from Nigeria who was shortlisted for the inaugural Chukwuemeka Akachi Prize.
Godfrey Banadda is a Ugandan painter and long-time art educator.
Joseph Mugume is an artist and illustrator based in Kampala.
Khaddafina Mbabazi is a writer and musician from Kampala who has won the PEN/Dau Prize for Emerging Writers.
Manzi Leon is a painter based in Kigali.
Michelle Ivy Alwedo’s poetry has been featured across Africa, Europe and North America.
Nana Nyarko Boateng is a writer and the recipient of the 2022 Henfield Prize for Fiction.
Olivia Nalubwama is a Ugandan political and social commentator.
Praise Osawaru is a writer, editor, and PR consultant based in Lagos.
Rodney Muhumuza is the founder and editor of The Weganda Review.
Willa Cather was an American writer whose acclaimed novels include Death Comes for the Archbishop.
Zabu Wamara is a 2023/2024 Global Voices Scholar at the University of East Anglia.
Cover art, titled Blue, is an acrylic painting by Manzi Leon.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Complexity” were either provided by Godfrey Banadda or sourced courtesy of Umoja Art Gallery.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Black Womenfolk” were provided by Manzi Leon.
“Quote of the Quarter” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Among the Looters” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The nonfiction piece titled “The Good President” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Picture of Life” is illustrated with photos by Rodney Muhumuza.
The essay titled “Islandhood” is illustrated with photos sourced via the Colby College Museum of Art.
The nonfiction piece titled “Akafuuzi” is illustrated with a photo provided by Zabu Wamara.
The short story titled “God’s Windows” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
Weganda Expression was captured by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR.
All photos accompanying the “Diary of a Female Askari” are by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR.
Founder & Editor RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Associate Editor BER ANENA
Poetry Editor SSEBO LULE
Fiction Editor KHADDAFINA MBABAZI
Assistant Editor ANGELA RWABOSE
Art Editor FAROUQ SSEBAGGALA
Editorial Assistant GRACE MWANGI
Advisory Editors HASSAN HIGENYI
CAROL ALYEK BEYANGA
EMMANUEL DAVIES GYEZAHO
Designer JJAJJA DESIGN
Webmaster CHRISTOPHER OCEN
Operations Manager GODWIN BONGE MUHWEZI
Subscriptions Coordinator ANITA ASHABA
Prose
Ubumwe by Rodney Muhumuza
A Recipe for Resistance by Zainab A. Omaki
Prime Bush by Ivan Mugyenzi Ashaba
Tunji by Sanni Omodolapo
Guilt by Chimezie Chika
Something by Rucumu Gift
Poetry
One poem by Musiime Michelle Tumwesigye
One poem by Michael Imossan
One poem by Lillian Akampurira Aujo
One poem by Yarri Kamara
Diary
Waiting by Irene Birungi, Waitress
Q of the Q
Walter Kempowski in ‘All for Nothing’
Art and Photography
Weganda Cartoon by Joseph Mugume
Living Things by Leonard Kateete, with an introduction by TWR
Weganda Expression by Joshua Muwanguzi
Vessels by Bruno Sserunkuuma, with an introduction by TWR
Cover art, a ceramic sculpture titled Pumpkin, is by Bruno Sserunkuuma
Bruno Sserunkuuma is an art scholar and ceramist based at Makerere University.
Chimezie Chika is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. He currently resides in Nigeria.
Irene Birungi is a barista and waitress who works in a café just outside Kampala.
Ivan Mugyenzi Ashaba is a political ecologist who recently earned his doctorate at the University of Antwerp.
Joseph Mugume is an artist and illustrator based in Kampala.
Joshua Muwanguzi is an artist and photographer based in Kampala.
Lillian Akampurira Aujo is a Ugandan poet with a master’s degree in creative Writing from the University of East Anglia.
Michael Imossan is a poet, playwright and editor of Ibibio origin.
Musiime Michelle Tumwesigye is a published author, poet and student in Kampala.
Rodney Muhumuza is the founder and editor of The Weganda Review.
Rucumu Gift is a writer, biographer and researcher based in Kampala.
Sanni Omodolapo is a Nigerian short story writer.
Yarri Kamara is a Sierra Leonean-Ugandan writer and translator.
Zainab A. Omaki is a Nigerian writer and PhD student in Creative Writing.
Cover art, titled Pumpkin, is a ceramic sculpture by Bruno Sserunkuuma.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Living Things” were provided by Leonard Kateete.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Vessels” were taken by Ocom Adonias.
“Quote of the Quarter” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Ubumwe” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Guilt” is illustrated with an abstract watercolor painting by Fons Heijnbroek, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The essay titled “Prime Bush” is illustrated with a pair of photos by Ivan Mugyenzi Ashaba.
The essay titled “Something” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “A Recipe for Resistance” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The short story titled “Tunji” is illustrated with the photo of a Peruvian sculpture held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, CCO, via Wikimedia Commons.
Weganda Expression was captured by Joshua Muwanguzi.
All photos accompanying the “Diary of a Waitress” were taken by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR.
Founder & Editor RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Associate Editor BER ANENA
Poetry Editor SSEBO LULE
Assistant Editor ANGELA RWABOSE
Art Editor FAROUQ SSEBAGGALA
Editorial Assistant GRACE MWANGI
Advisory Editors HASSAN HIGENYI
CAROL ALYEK BEYANGA
EMMANUEL DAVIES GYEZAHO
Designer JJAJJA DESIGN
Webmaster CHRISTOPHER OCEN
Operations Manager GODWIN BONGE MUHWEZI
Subscriptions Coordinator ANITA ASHABA
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