Prose
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
Uprooting the Pumpkin by Mwanabibi Sikamo
Those People by Rodney Muhumuza
The Contextualist by Wambui wa Mwangi
Family Cloth by Aideloje Uanikhehi
To Have and Have Not by Anna Adima
The Prophecy by C. I. Atumah
Poetry
The Gossip of Sparrows by Gloria Mwaniga
Two poems by Arao Ameny
Three poems by Wisdom Adediji
The More Things Die by Nduta Waweru
The Irony of Prayer by Sarah Adeyemo
Diary
Tailoring by Sharon Nalwenge, Seamstress
Q of the Q
W. G. Sebald in The Rings of Saturn
Art and Photography
Weganda Cartoon by Joseph Mugume
Serenity by Junior Mudahunga, with an introduction by TWR
Weganda Expression by Edgar Raymond Batte
Continuities by Ismael Kateregga, with an introduction by TWR
Cover art is a detail from Sunset in Batsinda, a painting by Junior Mudahunga
Uanikhehi Aideloje is a research scientist and business analyst with a recently found knack for writing content that informs and entertains.
Anna Adima, a writer and researcher based in Kampala, holds a PhD in African history and literature.
Arao Ameny is a Maryland-based writer and poet from Lango, Uganda.
C. I. Atumah is a writer from Nigeria whose work seeks to understand the human condition.
Gloria Mwaniga Odary is a writer and educator from Kenya whose work has won the Georgia Review Prize and the Isele Magazine Nonfiction Prize.
Ismael Kateregga is an established painter in Kampala.
Joseph Mugume is an artist and illustrator based in Kampala.
Junior Mudahunga is an artist based in Kigali, Rwanda.
Mwanabibi Sikamo is a Zambian storyteller and award-winning filmmaker.
Nduta Waweru writes her poems, essays and short fiction from Nairobi, Kenya.
Rodney Muhumuza is the founder and editor of The Weganda Review.
Sarah Adeyemo, Swan IX, is the debut author of The Shape of Silence.
Wambui wa Mwangi is the pen name of a writer based in Nairobi, Kenya.
W. G. Sebald, who died in 2001, was a German writer and historian.
Wisdom Adediji, NGP xi, is a genre-bending writer from Nigeria.
Cover art is a detail from “Sunset in Batsinda,” a painting by Junior Mudahunga.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Serenity” were provided by Junior Mudahunga.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Continuities” were provided by Ismael Kateregga.
“Quote of the Quarter” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Uprooting the Pumpkin” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Those People” is illustrated with photos by Rodney Muhumuza.
The essay titled “The Contextualist” is illustrated with photos sourced with the help of Peterson Kamwathi.
The essay titled “Family Cloth” is illustrated with photos sourced from the Wikimedia Commons.
The essay titled “To Have and Have Not” is illustrated with a photo sourced from the Wikimedia Commons.
The short story titled “The Prophecy” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
Weganda Expression was captured by Edgar Raymond Batte.
All photos accompanying the “Diary of a Seamstress” were taken by Rodney Muhumuza.
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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