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From log to xylophone

Before a child at The Equation plays a single note, someone in the village has spent days shaping it from raw wood. As part of the Kuhamahama Arts Movement, our team followed local craftsmen in Butaleja as they carved a…

October 26, 20261 min read

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Same Love comes to the Batalo Dance Festival

How do people learn to love? How political is love? In his acclaimed production Same Love, Swiss choreographer Muhammed Kaltuk…

October 26, 20261 min read

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Behind Curtsy of Cream: a struggle for a better dream

Three girls leave home in search of a better life abroad. Full of hope, they arrive in a new country…

October 26, 20261 min read

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