Nasser Road : political posters in Uganda / edited by Kristof Titeca ; with contributions by Yusuf Serunkuma, Katumbu Badru Sultan and Zahara Abdul.

Title & Author:

Nasser Road : political posters in Uganda / edited by Kristof Titeca ; with contributions by Yusuf Serunkuma, Katumbu Badru Sultan and Zahara Abdul.

Publication:

Uganda : The Eriskay Connection, 2023.

Description:

63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Nasser Road, Kampala: nicknamed Uganda's Silicon Valley. This street is a mythical place known for its printing trade and as a centre of fraud. From fake identity cards to university degrees, anything can be made and bought here. This publication draws attention to one of its main products: posters and calendars portraying politicians and well-known personalities as superheroes. Do not be surprised if you see images of Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden or Mohammed Khaddafi transformed into RoboCops, ready for combat. The artworks are both decorative and political, telling the story of the common man's struggle against the might of Western imperialism, with international villains celebrated as anti-heroes. Nasser Road is a collage of works by local designers and prints that Kristof Titeca (BE) collected since he became interested in this peculiar history twenty years ago, about which he has written an extensive analysis. The publication also contains photographs that he and Ugandan photographers Badru Katumba and Zahara Abdul took of this place, and an essay by playwright and essayist Yusuf Serunkuma. A photographical discovery of a place where everything seems simultaneously unthinkable and real, a place where everything is possible.

ISBN:

9789492051929
9789083357140
9492051923
9083357147

Subject:

Political posters.
Posters Uganda.
Streets Political aspects Uganda Pictorial works.
Politicians Uganda Pictorial works.
Superheroes Uganda Pictorial works.
Affiches politiques.
Affiches Ouganda.
Rues Aspect politique Ouganda Ouvrages illustrés.
Politiciens Ouganda Ouvrages illustrés.
Superhéros Ouganda Ouvrages illustrés.
political posters.
Uganda Corrupt practices Pictorial works.
Uganda Kampala

Added entries:

Titeca, Kristof, editor, photographer (expression)
Serunkuma, Yusuf Kajura, contributor.
Sultan, Katumba Badru, photographer (expression)
Abdul, Zahara, photographer (expression)

Political posters in Uganda

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Location: Library main 318930
Call No.: 318930
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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