Jay Katarikawe: Cheeky Ugandan artist whose legacy lives on

Jak Katarikawe. (Courtesy)

The memory of Jak Katarikawe, one of the finest visual artists to emerge out of East Africa, was honoured in a post-humus event held at the tail-end of a month-long exhibition at the Village Market, last Saturday.

The exhibition, which featured a number of renowned artists from East Africa, was curated by Kofi Osei, a Geneva-based Ghanaian journalist, who is also an art collector. What drew me to the Saturday event was the promise of interacting with art by Katarikwe and get to learn more about this Ugandan artist from a man who interacted closely with him for a number of years.