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The production that was staged at National Theatre in Kampala from June 9 to 11, 2023, cast Sharon Atuhaire and Mercy Awino.

Art is timeless and transcendent. And I dare say, the highest form of creation. It also probably explains why creatives are some of the highest-earning and most respected professionals across...

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The city is located more than 400 kilometres to the north of the capital and currently sits on 50 acres of land

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Ojok Okello, 36, is a radical community worker and development mobilizer behind the futuristic Okere City in Otuke district. He wants Okere and its 4,000 inhabitants to be Africa’s first sustainable “rural city”, using shea butter, solar energy and hard work. Quick Talk caught up with the father-of-four.

Ojok Okello, 36, is a radical community worker and development mobilizer behind the futuristic Okere City in Otuke district. He wants Okere and its 4,000 inhabitants to be Africa’s first sustainable “rural city”, using shea butter, solar energy and hard work. Quick Talk caught up with the father-of-four.

In a little more than two years, Ojok Okello has helped transform a small Ugandan village into a model of rural development, adding a preschool, a boxing club, a shea butter co-op, and an adult literacy program. It’s a vision of progress in the heart of Africa. Hosted by Dave Scott.

Inspired by the Black Panther's Wakanda, shea butter and brilliant minds have transformed a destroyed village into a thriving community.