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Urbanism in Uganda and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In January 2020, the Chinese government placed Wuhan under quarantine. Effectively reducing movement of people within the city and moving outside it. To curb the spread of COVID-19….
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Understanding African Cities; the formal vs. the informal
Painting : (Selfie) by Sudanese artist Mutaz Elemam (2015)
You don’t have to walk for long in Khartoum city before you start to see contradictions; the old and the new…
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Shade for Stops
Five ‘shade for stops’ waiting areas were created in seven days joint workshop between Ugandan and Japanese students….
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Nnyabo Ssebo 1st ALBUM
Formed in 2017 by Saeko Kurokawa (clarinet) and Yosuke Tanaka (guitar).
Nyabo=Mrs, Ssebo=Mr. The name of the unit comes from the sound of a word that left an impression on Kurokawa when she travelled to Uganda… -
Essay – Places to be and People’s Behavior
s we walked through the streets of Uganda, we saw people spending their time in a variety of ways, such as opening stores outside and doing housework outdoors in the bright daylight…
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Essay – My first Africa without baggage in 2019
I waited for my luggage at Entebbe Airport, but it never showed up. My WS in Uganda started with lost luggage.
It was my first time to go abroad, but I thought I would do it cheaply, so I decided to go from Narita → Naha → Bangkok (3 days stay) → Muscat → Dubai → Kigali → Endeavour, one connection after another. There was a lot of trouble along the way….. -
Construction for Yamasen Japanese Restaurant in Kampala
Construction of Yamasen Japanese Restaurant in Kampala, Uganda.
Image : Timothy Latim
Movie : Tsuyoshi Anzai
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Kinetic Context in Uganda -Feb 2020
The capital city of Kampala is surrounded by hills.
The German architect Ernst May (1886-1970) was appointed by the British government of the suzerainty of Uganda in 1945 to draw up the Kampala Extension Scheme… -
Kinetic Context in Uganda – Jan 2020
I wonder how many of our readers picture the Republic of Uganda in Africa when they hear the word Uganda”. When I first set foot in the country in 2003, I was a second year student at university and asked by my professor if there was any architecture there…