Darkest light; dark light. You'd think something living is alive. You'd see light and wonder in awe of its sight. Yet, I have learnt that things are not as they all would seem; It's weird that the darkest things shine brighter than you'd' ever believe. You'd think someone singing would make a sound, But lately …
Max Bwire; her art; a pleasantly vicarious human existence
"If you don't believe in yourself, whatever you are doing is for no reason." BIBI BOURELLY. For so long and for so many reasons, I didn't believe in Ugandan art. I deemed it unsuccessful on so many fronts and for so many reasons; with what it had to say, with the seemingly narrow construction of …
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Paula Nyangabyaki; her art; silent evocations of internal revolution
"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter." OSCAR WILDE. I am continuously drawn to believe that art is and has always been a story, an expression and a language, more to do with the artist than those that spectate the process of its formation, or …
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Kemiyondo Coutinho; art- her affluence, her calling
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Artistry; its expression, it's enjoyment and the processes encompassing these, represents a profusion and vast majority of things to humanity for various reasons. To one, it symbolizes the sacred spaces of developed human …
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The Artistic matriarch; Herself, for Africa
Within this process of contemplation and resultant education concerning the female and her art, I have been drawn to trying to understand the African female story and how it affects and relates to the Ugandan female artist, and eventually to myself and to others like me. It's literally been four months of sitting into all …
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The Artistic matriarch;Herself. Just herself.
"The voice of a Black woman should always be herself. No edits - no erasure - no pressure - no expectations - no additions - no intruders." MALEBO SEPHODI. I grew up in an ignorance that ironically existed with the incongruous knowledge, that  whining about how inopportune it was to be a woman, under the guises of …
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The Matriarch of your land
The emphasis for the next two months under aUgandanArtist is the Matriarch. In December last year, I decided that the next three months of this year would be the allotted time to delve, and delve deeply into the oceans of my speculation concerning the artistic matriarch. It needed to be deep enough that I'd have something …
The Fallacy of non-existence
"Hallelujah! Every breath is a second chance." SWITCHFOOT The issue of  my existence is one that is on my mind a lot more times than others. I do exist, and I know this. However, I find that sometimes I am afraid I do not exist, or have ceased to exist, or that something creeping up …
Lagum Owor and the core of himself
I didn't know much about the rap genre until my brothers grew up and in their adolescence became o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d. There I was, a fellow adolescent and just a couple of years older, forcefully tolerating the blaring and broadcasted boom-boom-boom-boom that was constantly and consistently so, sounding from their rooms on a daily. I mean I …
Robin Malinga and Creatures
Meet Robin Malinga, aUgandanArtist. A lot of what this artist expresses as art can easily be speculated from meeting him and exchanging a few words, the least likely scenario being small talk for small talk’s sake. He’s the type that  talks about what he sees, calling-em- as-he-sees-em, and outright asking why you wear your hair …
