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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
Prose
Rutocracy by Robert Waswani
Number Five by Rodney Muhumuza
Till the End by Risdel Kasasira
What’s Broken? by Adventino Banjwa
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Dennis Mugaa
Important Hair by Iruoma Chukuemeka
Grace Achike by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Poetry
Two poems by Ber Anena
One poem by Chioniso Tsikisayi
One poem by Ssebo Lule
One poem by Mugabi Byenkya
Diary
Counting by Jackline Nanziri, Grocery Clerk
Q of the Q
John Banville via The Sea
Art and Photography
Weganda Cartoon by Joseph Mugume
Ordinary Lives by George W. Kyeyune, with an introduction by TWR
Weganda Expression by TWR
Subtlety by R. Canon Griffin, with an introduction by TWR
Cover art by George W. Kyeyune
Adventino Banjwa is a Ph.D. Fellow at Makerere Institute of Social Research.
Ber Anena is a Ugandan poet and writer currently based in the U.S.
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto is pursuing his Ph.D. in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Chioniso Tsikisayi is an award-winning performance poet, writer and filmmaker in Zimbabwe.
Dennis Mugaa is the author of the forthcoming short story collection Half Portraits Under Water.
George W. Kyeyune is an associate professor of sculpture and history of African art at Makerere University.
Iruoma Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian essayist fascinated by photography.
Jackline Nanziri is a grocery clerk in the Namugongo area of Wakiso.
John Banville is an Irish novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2005.
Joseph Mugume is an artist and illustrator based in Kampala.
Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer, editor, performer and rapper.
R. Canon Griffin is a Ugandan artist of many devices.
Risdel Kasasira is a Ugandan journalist and writer.
Robert Waswani is a Kenyan journalist and writer.
Rodney Muhumuza is the founder and editor of The Weganda Review.
Ssebo Lule is the poetry editor of The Weganda Review.
Cover art, titled Abaana ba Kintu, is an oil-on-canvas painting by George W. Kyeyune.
Photos of the portfolio titled “Ordinary Lives” were taken by Ocom Adonias or sourced via institutions associated with George W. Kyeyune.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Subtlety” were taken by Ocom Adonias or provided by R. Canon Griffin.
“Quote of the Quarter” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Rutocracy” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Till the End” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Important Hair” is illustrated with photos by Iruoma Chukwuemeka.
The essay titled “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “What’s Broken?” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The short story titled “Number Five” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The short story titled “Grace Achike” 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 Grocery Clerk” are 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
Advisory Editors HASSAN HIGENYI
ALYEK BEYANGA
EMMANUEL DAVIES GYEZAHO
Designer JJAJJA DESIGN
Webmaster CHRISTOPHER OCEN
Operations Manager GODWIN BONGE MUHWEZI
Subscriptions Coordinator ANITA ASHABA
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