The short story competition is completed, but aren’t you wondering about the people behind the winning entries? So far we have managed to meet Hillary Kuteisa, a 22-year-old student of chemistry, a poet, a former troublemaker at Kigezi College Butobere, and a brother of Nkozi. (more…)

What comes to your mind when you see this photo by David Tumusiime? Leave your witty captions in the comments and stand a chance to win a Studio Edirisa T-shirt!

If you find it disconcerting that you can buy a bottle of Coke in the remotest of East African places, perhaps you should prepare for the next stage: slums built from Coca-Cola crates! Photo: David Tumusiime

After this year’s bombings in Rwanda and Kenya, it is Uganda’s time to suffer. 65 people dead and counting. Kampalans who remember the 1990s bomb attacks are scared. That is the wrong thing to do! (more…)

Abusharia Ahmed, a contemporary Sudanese artist, begins his exhibition at the AfriArt Gallery in Kampala today. It runs for three weeks and is shaping up to be something you shouldn’t miss out on!

Have you noticed a longer local coverage menu on studio.co.ke/studio.ug? We are looking for correspondents to help us with local stuff! (Our fresh contributor guidelines are here).
Another change: from now on we will only have comments on Facebook – to keep debates together.

Kharl Ed Olega is a cool guy. To be the manager of a Ugandan diva who got only silly coverage from Studio Edirisa and still find the time for three inquisitive Studio guys… Very nice. We have had a detailed discussion about Grace Nakimera’s latest, hugely popular video. (more…)

Awards of any sort have a chequered history in Uganda. So it says something that the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award, a brainchild of a young mother, will mark its second anniversary this year. On 16 July three poets will walk away with cash prizes and a chance of book publication.





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Do you know that blue is supposed to be the most universally liked colour?! Test it yourself – Afriart Gallery in Kampala yesterday opened an exhibition of blue paintings by eight different artists.

David Tumusiime raves about the National Mentoring Conference we sent him to. He was taken aback by speakers like Major General Oketta, musician Sylver Kyagulanyi, TASO’s Noeline Kaleeba, African Mentoring Institute’s Paul Kinobe and the MC Ambrose Kibuuka. (more…)