A Brief History of Uganda’s #KONY2012: A Conversation with Rosebell Kagumire
Update: 2024-01-03
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On this episode, my guest is Ugandan feminist, thinker and writer, Rosebell Kagumire. Together we walk through the history of #KONY2012, a viral social media hashtag and online movement in response to the Youtube documentary, Kony 2012, produced by Invisible Children Inc, a United States based NGO. The film sought to bring a Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony, to justice and garnered support from various Western celebrities and activists. But as it eventually turned out, the documentary featured many inaccuracies which Ugandans took to social media to redress. We talk through this moment and the role of Western social media framing of Uganda and Africa at that time, and today.
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