This is the exhibition with which the book The Kaddu Wasswa Archive, a visual biography was launched. Book and exhibition present a collaborative effort to connect Ugandan past and present through the documentation elder Kaddu Wasswa en massed of and during his life. The exhibition included a video portrait made on my invitation by Katja Lenart and photographic documentation made by Kaddu’s grandson Arthur C. Kisitu and myself.
Kaddu Wasswa and I continue to work together and explore the possibilities to present his insights and ambitions to audiences in and beyond Uganda. By doing this we hope to contribute to an awareness of the value of critical thinking about colonial and post-colonial conditions from grassroots positions that live with the entangled consequences of local traditicions and conventions, and geo-political developments.
Some of the more recent manifestations of our collaboration:
The Ttabo (2019)
Dr. Kaddu Wasswa Asks, “My God, What is Knowledge?” (2023)
Kaddu Wasswa @90 (2023-2024)