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"[B]ooks, if they need to be written, will always find their moment." -- Geoff Dyer, Out of Sheer Rage

Dear All, As we mark the 4th anniversary of Sindika Dokolo’s passing, a memorial mass will be held to honour his memory. Pls join us in remembrance tomorrow, 29th Oct, at 12:30 at Westminster Cathedral, London. This is the live stream : westminstercathedral.org.uk/spiritual-life…

Risdel Kasasira, the Ugandan journalist who was killed in a senseless road accident yesterday, was extremely kind and humble, the only person I know who never kept a grudge. To convince him of the evil in others was very hard. It just made him laugh. He will be long remembered.

"Literature is pleasure and knowledge ... It's useful only so long as one doesn't set out to make it useful." -- Javier Cercas

"The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes." -- Michel Houellebecq/Atomised

Rodney Muhumuza That's wonderful news, Rodney! A new book is coming in August: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

The cover of the eighth issue of The Weganda Review, set to be published in mid-April. As always, the issue features a wonderful mix of essays, poetry, fiction, photography and art. Cover art is titled "Wondering," a batik piece by the Ugandan artist Nuwa Wamala Nnyanzi.

The Weganda Foundation is pleased to announce that it will launch the Weganda Gallery in Bugolobi, Kampala, on May 10, 2025, with a show exhibiting the Roduza Collection, a treasure trove of artworks amassed over the years by Rodney Muhumuza.

The NY Times obit for the Congolese scholar V. Y. Mudimbe: nytimes.com/2025/04/27/wor…

Weganda Gallery in Bugolobi, Kampala, was launched on Saturday with the unveiling of the Roduza Collection. The art exhibition, titled "Rehearsing the Future," is open until June 15. If you are unable to go, check it out online: roduzacollection.com

Rising school fees dismay many Africans. Some expect the Catholic Church to do more to help (From @roduza and Farai Mutsaka for The Associated Press's Religion Team) apnews.com/article/africa…

The cover of the 9th issue of @wegandareview. As ever, the issue includes a terrific mix of essays, fiction & poetry. Art portfolios belong to Lilian Nabulime & JB Muramuzi. Cover art is a haunting “minimum portrait” by Waleed Mohammed, a Sudanese artist now based in Kampala.

"If the truth is told, the youth can grow. They learn to survive until they gain control." -- Nasir Jones

"Writing cannot be done in a state of desirelessness." -- Janet Malcolm / The Silent Woman

"An idea is psychologically true inasmuch as it exists." -- Carl Jung

In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others (From @roduza for The Associated Press's Religion Team) apnews.com/article/uganda…

"A work of art is a true symbol, in that it is pregnant with meaning, partakes of both 'conscious' and 'unconscious,' yet cannot be sharply defined in purely intellectual terms." -- Anthony Storr

"Life is like that sometimes, it protects you." -- Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

"Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story." -- Tim O'Brien

"Obviously narration is only an act of memory; on the other hand, it holds nothing in reserve for future use." -- Peter Handke / A Sorrow Beyond Dreams