Launching Eupa – magic day with Goethe Institute Kampala

December 5, 2021

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first ‘eUPA project gathering! 🔥🔥
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🔥🥁We had a BLAST at the ’eUPA Project in Dewe on December 5, 2021, as you can see at the smile of our new intern Alé!

// ’eUPA (translated from Ateso as “burning flames”) aims at creating a gathering around a bonfire to share art in its different forms. A group of eight artists from Uganda, Germany and other countries have collaborated to create a multi-layered mixed media piece embedding styles of cultural conservation. The group previously participated in Roberta Wagner’s building business workshops supported by the German Embassy in 2020 and Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/ UGCS 2021.

This event not only inspired us through a beautiful drum circle letting us become part of a community, but it also engaged a multi-lingual poetry performance that carried us into other worlds for a little while. Accompanied by nice jams and reggae music, it was truly a special event!

Thank you to the ‘eUPA team and everyone who joined us on the ground!

Check out the live stream of the event!🔥✨

Event Schedule

  • Drum circle
  • Tent and installation with video
  • Poets responding to videos
  • Garden – sitting on mats and writing things for the time capsule 
    • Answer the questions
  • Drinking & Dancing
  • Events:
    • Drum opening ceremony
      • 1-2 poets w poems at the opening
      • Intro talk Eupa can a be a poem / talk
      • Sina can to do an intro talk 
    • Circle talk 4pm
      • Marione, Ejuku and Maija from the group
      • Goethe-recommended moderator
      • Everyone else
      • After Brdiget’s poem: discussion on tradition & culture and harmful practices
    • Interim
      • People walk around and prepare things for the time capsule
        • Camera guy asking people questions for the time capsule
        • Write things to throw in the fire
      • Poems hanging out the drum circle
    • Closing ceremony – 5pm
      • Put the fire on
        • Say a poem while lighting the fire
      • Saying the written thing and throwing it in the fire

This event was supported by the German Embassy in Uganda and Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/UGCS.