Ugandans Celebrate Their Cultural Past

Rotary Clubs in Kampala are abuzz with African stories as authors who contributed to the book Remembering the Future celebrate their cultural heritage. See highlights here of appearances by Wobusobozi Amooti Kangere, who wrote about powerful matriarchs in a supposedly patriarchal society; A. K. Kaiza, who deconstructs the legacy of colonialism in tracing the fate of a pastoralist society that once spanned much of East Africa; and Edna Namara, who describes the pride of a girl who two generations ago turned her arranged marriage into a moral triumph. Clubs are lining up to hear more stories – tales of traditional healers and a psychiatrist, a filmmaker who mixes folklore and martial arts, children who invent new languages, a rap artist who vigorously defends linguistic orthodoxy, Internet rebels who follow in the footsteps of freedom-fighters from colonial days, and much more. Learn more about the book at www.ugandamemories.com.