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Art vs Western stereotypes about Africa

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By Muhunyo Maina | Jan 08, 2023

The late writer Binyavanga Wainaina. (Courtesy)

I recently attended an Exhibition at the Raw Spot Gallery in Grahamstown, South Africa. The show exhibited works by Ugandan artist and my good friend Eria Nsubuga, also known as Sane.

This work by Sane was an introspective series reflecting on a book written in 1911 entitled The Baganda: An account of their native customs and beliefs. The book was written in 1911 by John Roscoe, a British missionary to what was then the Uganda Protectorate, a colony of the British Empire.

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