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Launch of Whispers from Vera at the 6th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference
The Launch of Goretti Kyomuhendo’s Whispers from Vera happened during the 6th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference. It was held at the zenith of the Conference, shortly before the official closure of the event. It was held in the Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility Auditorium at Makerere University. The event celebrated Goretti Kyomuhendo’s novel…
Read MoreMutaki Concert
Mutaki is an Afro-soul and Rnb artist (singer and songwriter). He has written his music mostly about romantic love and hate relationships among people. Mutaki who is a member of the Cajon Music House musician collective has performed live at Sofar Kampala, Games and Politics, Stonefest, African Christmas Festival, The Music House Live, and others.…
Read MoreInfoNile Photo Exhibition
Published under the hashtag #EverydayNile, the photojournalism outreach project captures everyday life in the Nile Basin countries and aims at promoting cooperation and understanding of the water issues around the Nile River as a shared natural resource. It was a photo exhibition where 9 photo storie from 11 photographers s from Nile Basin countries (Egypt-…
Read MoreGZK/UGCS-SKILLZ EAST AFRICA PODCAST
We in collaboration with Skillz East Africa hosted our latest podcast after tumultuous events caused by the pandemic. Skillz East Africa, sat down with Shane to talk about starting and sustaining a dance movement; its impact on the larger dance community, what to know, when to collaborate, and organizing LGD’s biggest event yet in September,…
Read MoreFilm Possible Ngalabi Workshop
To build up to our short film festival Ngalabi, Film Possible conducted a 5-day workshop with young people interested in film. The workshop focused on how to pitch your idea and how to collaborate.Throughout the week they were divided in groups and at the end of the week, they pitch the ideas to the mentors.…
Read MoreSkillz East Africa Breakdance Battle
The Skillz East Africa is an annual breaking Championship that demonstrates the uniqueness of a multi cross cultural expression of dance across the different generations of female and male dancers in the Sub-Saharan African region, the championship is an embodiment of diversity as they are set to bring together breakers and dancers (10 – 35…
Read MoreCelebrating Hip-Hop Week
In November we celebrated the international hip-hop week in cooperation with Authentic Voices Africa. Local artists were re-doing our rooftop painting in the theme of Hip-Hop accompanied by a jam session: dancers, hip-hoppers, rappers came all together while the painting was going on. On the 6th of January 2023 we re-opened the new mural painting…
Read MoreFrench-German-Month ‘Moving Identities Festival’
Together with our partners and neighbors, the Alliance Francaise Kampala we applied for the Franco-German Fund and got it! Therefore, May 2022 was a month full of fun and educative events about different topics. Each week had a different topic; we kicked off the first week with the topic Digitalism. In this week we had…
Read MoreChristmas Book Fair
Our year ended with our yearly Christmas Book Fair. The first edition of this event happened in 2021. It shall bring together publishers, literature associations/ communities, individuals and all who are interested in the art of reading. Further, we want the book fair to be a platform for our close partners to connect, showcase their…
Read MoreAzulato Children’s Festival 2022
After a long Covid-19 break we finally brought back Azulato in October 2022! This edition was held at the Kiwatule recreational centre- a beautiful green space, perfect for children. It was a full day event. The workshops started in the morning until the evening hours. We had a huge variety on workshops this year as…
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