Susan Kiguli
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Kiguli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kiguli |
| SIGNATURE | KIGULI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Legacy of Ngugi wa Thiong’o
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Notions of self and community in Kampala urban space in Ugandan poetry anthologies
This article discusses the notion of self and community in urban space as represented in selected poems. We examine poems published from the 1970s to 2015 in the literary magazine, Dhana, and the anthology, Boda Boda Anthem and Other Poems. The article interrogates the poets’ construction of relationships, perceptions and attitudes towards the “self” and “community” in the urban space. We argue that selfhood is relational but unstable and ever-sh…
Ambivalent identities in Kampala city
This paper interrogates the notion of an African modern city and its identity through an analysis of the representation of the popular“grasshopper delicacy” in Ugandan press photographs and theiraccompanying text. It uses semiotics as a theory and method to examine the ambivalence resulting from the newspaper coverage of grasshoppers as a delicacy in Kampala city. The paper intends to highlight how the elite and local newspapers use visual texts …
Wole Soyinka
Selves in Question
Wide-ranging and engaging, Selves in Question considers the various ways in which auto/biographical accounts situate and question the self in contemporary southern Africa.The twenty-seven interviews presented here consider both the ontological status and the representation of the self. They remind us that the self is constantly under construction in webs of interlocution and that its status and representation are always in question. The contribut…
Audience Perspectives on the Music Festivals Phenomenon in Buganda
People feel no event is complete without a poet”
Zolani Mkiva was born in Idutywa in the Eastern Cape. He has performed as an imbongi for several prominent figures, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Thabo Mbeki. He is a graduate of the University of the Western Cape, and has produced a number of CDs, including Halala, South Africa (1997), Qaddafi (2000) and Maz'enethole (2002). He is reigning Chief Executive Officer of the Xhosa Royal Council. In this interview, Duncan Brown and Susan…
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People feel no event is complete without a poet”
Zolani Mkiva was born in Idutywa in the Eastern Cape. He has performed as an imbongi for several prominent figures, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Thabo Mbeki. He is a graduate of the University of the Western Cape, and has produced a number of CDs, including Halala, South Africa (1997), Qaddafi (2000) and Maz'enethole (2002). He is reigning Chief Executive Officer of the Xhosa Royal Council. In this interview, Duncan Brown and Susan…
Audience Perspectives on the Music Festivals Phenomenon in Buganda
Selves in Question
Wide-ranging and engaging, Selves in Question considers the various ways in which auto/biographical accounts situate and question the self in contemporary southern Africa.The twenty-seven interviews presented here consider both the ontological status and the representation of the self. They remind us that the self is constantly under construction in webs of interlocution and that its status and representation are always in question. The contribut…
Wole Soyinka
Notions of self and community in Kampala urban space in Ugandan poetry anthologies
This article discusses the notion of self and community in urban space as represented in selected poems. We examine poems published from the 1970s to 2015 in the literary magazine, Dhana, and the anthology, Boda Boda Anthem and Other Poems. The article interrogates the poets’ construction of relationships, perceptions and attitudes towards the “self” and “community” in the urban space. We argue that selfhood is relational but unstable and ever-sh…
Ambivalent identities in Kampala city
This paper interrogates the notion of an African modern city and its identity through an analysis of the representation of the popular“grasshopper delicacy” in Ugandan press photographs and theiraccompanying text. It uses semiotics as a theory and method to examine the ambivalence resulting from the newspaper coverage of grasshoppers as a delicacy in Kampala city. The paper intends to highlight how the elite and local newspapers use visual texts …
The Legacy of Ngugi wa Thiong’o
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Art (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · History (2 works)