One Poem
The More Things Die (2024) The more things die, the more I question the stability of what remains. In my head, the memory of a field of wheatgrass in Banita sprawls, the husks eat at my feet and the graze…
Essays
Tailoring
Diary of a seamstress just outside Kampala, Nov. - Dec. 2024
Family Cloth
Popular demand for asoebi fabric has sparked unnecessary social competition in Nigeria.
The Contextualist
New work by the Kenyan artist Peterson Kamwathi affirms the influence of the individual in the collective whole.
The Prophecy
My mother practices Christianity with the same fervor and devotion as one who worships idols – brooms to flog witches in the air, candles to ward off evil eyes, a big birthday party to feed the kids in our area,…
Those People
Why is the east African nation of Burundi, largely peaceful for two decades, still limping to prosperity?
To Have and Have Not
Artifacts taken from Africa a century ago are returning home. What happens next is largely up to us.
Uprooting the Pumpkin
A second reading of Okot p’Bitek’s 'Song of Lawino' provokes a personal reckoning.
Bugs
Weganda Expression is a regular feature of TWR. It is a photograph in the possession of the editor that is judged to come closest to pinpointing one or another aspect of the Ugandan condition.
Kadodi
Weganda Expression is a regular feature of TWR. It is a photograph in the possession of the editor that is judged to come closest to pinpointing one or another aspect of the Ugandan condition.