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Name: Eckhard Breitinger
Title: Uganda, the cultural landscape |
Place
of Publication: Bayreuth, Kampala Year of Publication: 1999 3-927510-30-0 ; 3-927510-56-4 Number of pages: 305 p. |
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Summary: In the 1960s, Uganda and the Makerere University were the intellectual and literary centre of East Africa. Even during the Obote and Amin years of dictatorship, in spite of political terror and civil war, Ugandan artists and writers, inside and outside the country, continued to be creatively productive. The foundation of this volume, which deals with Uganda's cultural development over the last 40 years, was laid during a meeting at Makerere University in 1994. Contents: Margaret MacPherson on the role of Makerere University; James Tumusiime on Uganda's book industry; David Cook on the Makerere Free Travelling Theatre; Charles Okumu and Cliff Lubwa p'Chong on Acholi oral and written traditions respectively; Ernesto Okello Ogwang on Ugandan poetry; Susan Nalugwa Kiguli on Ugandan poets; Charles Okumu on Okot p'Bitek's poetry; Eckhard Breitinger on themes in Ugandan fiction; Jessica Kaahwa, Geoffrey Wadulo, Jonathan Muganga, and Eckhard Breitinger on theatre for development in Uganda; Rose Mbowa on Luganda theatre; Mercy Mirembe Ntangaare and Eckhard Breitinger on Ugandan drama in English; Francis Davis Imbuga on the playwright John Ruganda; and Rose-Marie Rychner on the context and background of Ugandan art |
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