Wulira! Uganda

We are joined in studio over Skype by Ugandan feminist, poet and researcher Jessica Akiiki Horn for a conversation on African feminisms and Uganda's feminist journey.

[Cover image: Queen Muhumuza, Credit: "On the Congo Frontier", by Evan Maclean Jack, 1914]

Uganda Cancer Institute started in 1967. Its beginning was centered around a cancer that affects children – particularly the jaws. The children usually get a swollen jaw, bulging eyes and distended tummies. The cancer is called Burkitt’s lymphoma, after Denis Burkitt – the doctor with "one eye and a camera."

Universal Primary Education (UPE) is a large topic and we might not be able to do it justice in the short space our podcast episode allows. But we are hopefully going to hit the highlights and do multiple other episodes in the future on different elements of UPE.

[Image credit: Daily Monitor]

Universal Primary Education (UPE) is a large topic and we might not be able to do it justice in the short space our podcast episode allows. But we are hopefully going to hit the highlights and do multiple other episodes in the future on different elements of UPE.

[Image credit: Daily Monitor]

We recorded a bonus episode on #MeToo and the conversation on sexual harassment that has followed.

We recorded a bonus episode on #MeToo and the conversation on sexual harassment that has followed.

For the last episode of our first season, we want to highlight Gertrude Mbago - a woman from Jinja district who strove to establish a health center in her village.

For the last episode of our first season, we want to highlight Gertrude Mbago - a woman from Jinja district who strove to establish a health center in her village.

It appears colours have always been a point of contention in our political history. They’re used as signs of belonging and loyalty, and symbols of alliances. But also as a thing that is used by those in power — blue is safer than yellow for dress, if you don’t want your attire politicized. The same way green was likely safer than red when UPC was in power.

It appears colours have always been a point of contention in our political history. They’re used as signs of belonging and loyalty, and symbols of alliances. But also as a thing that is used by those in power — blue is safer than yellow for dress, if you don’t want your attire politicized. The same way green was likely safer than red when UPC was in power.