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Essays
Mao’s Dialectic by Odoki Jimmy Acellam
Similar Fruit by Charles Onyango-Obbo
The First Takeaway by Rodney Muhumuza
Self-Entitlement by Marlon Agaba
Full Circle by Barbara Barungi
Digging Deep by Rachael Mwine
Poetry
After-hours, Peace; Two poems by Bridget Ankunda
The Weight of a Rocking Chair, Time Heals No Wounds: Two poems by Destiny Gladys Chaiga
Fiction
Waiting in the Frangipani Tree by Jackee Budesta Batanda
Diary
Housekeeping by Lillian Awori, with an introduction by TWR
Q of the Q
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa via The Leopard
Memoir
Knowledge by Kaddu Wasswa, with an introduction by TWR
Art and Photography
Talismans by Sanaa Gateja, with an introduction by TWR
Meditations: A Chasing After the Wind by Letaru Dralega, with an introduction by TWR
Weganda Cartoon by Joseph Mugume
Weganda Expression by TWR
Barbara Barungi is an economist and philanthropist based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Bridget Ankunda writes poetry and studies law in Kampala.
Charles Onyango-Obbo is a Nairobi-based Ugandan journalist, writer, and curator of the Wall of Great Africans.
Destiny Gladys Chaiga, a member of the Echo Minds Poets, also performs as the Midnight Owl.
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was an Italian aristocrat and writer.
Jackee Budesta Batanda is a Ugandan writer and creative entrepreneur.
Joseph Mugume is an artist and illustrator based in Kampala.
Kaddu Wasswa is a writer, farmer, and AIDS activist who lives in Buikwe.
Letaru Dralega is a multi media artist who helped found the Afropocene Studio/Lab in Kampala.
Lillian Awori is a ‘juice bartender’ just outside Kampala.
Marlon Agaba is the executive director of Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda.
Odoki Jimmy Acellam is a writer and mental health campaigner based in Kampala.
Rachael Mwine is a communications specialist based in Kampala.
Rodney Muhumuza is the founder and editor of The Weganda Review.
Sanaa Gateja is a multi-media artist who has been active for decades.
Cover art is a piece, now in a private collection, that’s part of a series of Layers of Life paintings by Ethiopian artist Natnael Ashebir. The artwork was photographed by Rodney Muhumuza.
All photos of the art portfolio titled “Meditations” are by Martin Kharumwa.
All photos of the art portfolio titled “Talismans” are courtesy of Sanaa Gateja.
“Quote of the Quarter” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Mao’s Dialectic” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Similar Fruit” is illustrated with photos by Thomas Agaba Onyango.
The essay titled “The First Takeaway” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Self-Entitlement” is illustrated with a charcoal drawing by Farouq Ssebaggala.
The essay titled “Full Circle” is illustrated with a painting by Theresa Musoke.
The essay titled “Digging Deep” is illustrated with the photo of a scene from Blue City, Chefchaouene, Morocco, Cattan 2011, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The short story titled “Waiting in the Frangipani Tree” is illustrated with the photo of a famous painting by Paul Gauguin, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Weganda Expression was captured by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR.
All photos accompanying the “Diary of a Housekeeper” were taken by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR.
The memoir piece titled “Knowledge” is illustrated with one photo by Dutch photographer Andrea Stultiens and a second one that’s courtesy of the Kaddu Wasswa Archive.
Poetry by Bridget Ankunda is illustrated with “Ins Nachbarhaus,” Paul Klee, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Poetry by Destiny Gladys Chaiga is illustrated with “Hoher Wachter,” Paul Klee, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Founder & Editor RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Poetry Editor SSEBO LULE
Art Editors EDGAR RAYMOND BATTE
FAROUQ SSEBAGGALA
Advisory Editors HASSAN HIGENYI
CAROL ALYEK BEYANGA
EMMANUEL DAVIES GYEZAHO
Designer JJAJJA DESIGN
Webmaster CHRISTOPHER OCEN
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Essays
The Weganda Imperative: Founder’s Manifesto
Sons of the Resistance by Risdel Kasasira
A Charmed Life by Rodney Muhumuza
Among the Poachers by Ivan Mugyenzi Ashaba
Office of the Aunt by Jan Ajwang
Awori’s Choice by Emmanuel Martin Mutaizibwa
Rendezvous by Hassan Higenyi
Poetry
Akello; Tears at My Funeral; Shit; The Day After the Killings: Four poems by DevisThePoet
Hit and Run; Insane: Two poems by Keturah Sheebah Naluyange
Fiction
Miloth by Asinde Regina
Diary
Pushing the Gate by Collins Adiga, with an introduction by TWR
Q of the Q
Saul Bellow via Humboldt’s Gift
Art
Money Goes by Farouq Ssebaggala, with an introduction by TWR
Abaana ba Kintu by Sheila Nakitende, with an introduction by TWR
Weganda Expression, a documentary photo by TWR
Weganda Cartoon by Joseph Mugume
Collins Adiga is a ‘gateman’ just outside Kampala.
DevisThePoet is a playwright and poet active in Kampala.
Emmanuel Martin Mutaizibwa is a journalist who has covered Ugandan politics for many years.
Farouq Ssebaggala is an artist who recently graduated from the art school at Makerere University.
Hassan Higenyi is a writer and editor based in Kampala.
Ivan Ashaba is a political ecologist earning his doctorate in Europe.
Jan Ajwang is a journalist and media trainer at work in Kampala.
Joseph Mugume is an art student and illustrator in Kampala.
Keturah Sheebah Naluyange is a poet in Kampala.
Asinde Regina is a poet and writer of short stories.
Risdel Kasasira is a journalist who has written about the Ugandan military for many years.
Rodney Muhumuza is the founder and editor of TWR.
Saul Bellow, a giant of 20th century letters, won the 1976 Nobel Prize in literature.
Sheila Nakitende is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited around the world.
Cover art © Sheila Nakitende, photograph by Martin Kharumwa.
All photos of the art portfolio titled “Abaana ba Kintu” are by Martin Kharumwa.
The photo illustrating the essay titled “Rendezvous” is by Edgar Raymond Batte.
The photos accompanying the essay titled “Among the Poachers” are courtesy of Ivan Mugyenzi Ashaba.
The photo accompanying the essay titled “Awori’s Choice” is courtesy of the Awori family.
The sketch illustrating the essay titled “Sons of the Resistance” is by Farouq Ssebaggala for TWR.
Photos accompanying the Diary of a Gateman are by Edgar Raymond Batte for TWR.
Photos of the art portfolio titled “Money Goes” are courtesy of Farouq Ssebaggala.
“Quote of the Quarter” is illustrated by the photo of an exhibit in the British Museum, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The sketch of knotted roots illustrating the essay titled “A Charmed Life” is by Farouq Ssebaggala for TWR.
The “Weganda Expression” was captured by Rodney Muhumuza for TWR.
The essay titled “Office of the Aunt” is illustrated with the photo of an artwork depicting the bust of an African woman, by Joseph Cordier, the Walters Art Museum, via Wikimedia Commons.
The photo illustrating the essay titled “The Weganda Imperative” is by Edgar Raymond Batte for TWR.
The artwork illustrating poetry by DevisThePoet is untitled, by Ervafsiuol, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The artwork illustrating poetry by Keturah Sheebah Naluyange is titled The Dream Creator, by David S. Soriano, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The artwork illustrating a short story titled “Miloth” is a painting of an African mother carrying her child, by Arthckunskap, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Founder & Editor RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Fiction Editor CRYSTAL RUTANGYE
Poetry Editor SSEBO LULE
Art Editors EDGAR RAYMOND BATTE
FAROUQ SSEBAGGALA
Advisory Editors HASSAN HIGENYI
CAROL ALYEK BEYANGA
EMMANUEL DAVIES GYEZAHO
Designer JJAJJA DESIGN
Webmaster CHRISTOPHER OCEN
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Operations Manager GODWIN BONGE MUHWEZI
Subscriptions Coordinator ANITA ASHABA
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