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In other words, students are not simply taught how media works; they are expected to make it. All of this becomes part of the learning experience. And somewhere between reporting a story and creating one, some students discover filmmaking as their calling because they had to make film while learning everything else.

Following a recently signed partnership agreement between Uganda Christian University (UCU) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, and Graham Yoko, the CEO of the Accelerated Education Enterprise (AEE) in Durban, South Africa,

Ugandan-Dutch journalist and director Michiel van Oosterhout takes us back to the turbulent 70s through the music documentary film Bwana Jogoo: The Ballad of Jessy Gitta. The major subject of the film is Jessy Gitta Kasirivu, a charismatic musician who was in a love triangle with Idi Amin Dada and Sarah Kyolaba-a queen dancer. 

“As you nurture yourself, family and friends spiritually, it is important for us to remember that the purposes we have need a healthy body.”