Essays
Against Expectations: On the strikingly eclectic charge of Stephen Gwoktcho’s latest paintings
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Afterlife: On excessive religious feeling in Zambian presidential politics
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Muntu: On the doomed presidential campaign in Uganda of Mugisha Muntu
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Within and Without: On Pacifique Ndayiheke’s paintings of the Burundi pastoral
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All the Passports There Is: On the death of nationalism in Somalia
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Unstill: On the artist Lilian Nabulime, whose work affirms that humans are unable to be still
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Pilgrims: On faith and mankind’s search for spiritual stamina
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Rehearsing the Future: Notes on the fierce urgency of collecting
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Familiaris: On the search for tenderness in the digital age
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Those People: On why prosperity remains elusive in the east African nation of Burundi
Read MoreThose People: On why prosperity remains elusive in the east African nation of Burundi
Number Five: A fictionalized account of growing up at the peak of the AIDS pandemic
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Picture of Life: On the evocative paintings of George William Kyeyune
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Ubumwe: On reconciliation in Rwanda 30 years after the genocide
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Gravediggers: On the toxic persistence of tribalism in Uganda
Read MoreGravediggers: On the toxic persistence of tribalism in Uganda
The First Takeaway: On the perils of a fast-food consciousness in young children
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A Charmed Life: On the fear of witchcraft
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