Ugandans invade Kenya

Everyone
and their neighbour might be gearing to invade Uganda this weekend
but the Ugandans are already here. Last Sunday, the
Gallery Watatu in Nairobi opened its doors to the much hyped
'Ugandans are coming' exhibition. The show features five visual
artists from Kampala namely Mark
Kassi Byamugisha,
Ssali
Yusuf,
Paul
“Kaspa” Kasambeko,
Anwar
Nakibinge
and Hassan
Mukiibi.

The
guest of honour at the show Kitengela Glass Work's Nani
Croze
who after expressing the loss of Kenya's Nobel Laureate Wangari
Maathai,
gushed in praise of the artists in show declaring Ugandans to be
"number one in art in East Africa." 

The
show began with a moment of silence in honour of the late Adama
Diawara. He
was the former proprietor of Gallery Watatu and Cote
d'Ivoire
Counsel General in Kenya who was instrumental in bringing Kenyan and
African art to a international audience. The exhibition runs until
October 14.