[UGANDA] [AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS] The Makererean Volume I, No. 1 27 November, 1961 -

Kampala, Uganda: The Makererean, 1962. Small newspaper format; measuring about 11.25" x 17" (28.5cm x 43cm). 4pp., illustrated. In very good or better condition, with old folds and a few nicks to the extremities, but clean and bright. "The Makererean" was a monthly student-run newspaper out of Makerere University in Uganda. Though the university was founded in the 1920s, it gained new importance in Uganda after the nation's independence in 1960. This periodical was founded by liberal and radical students to discuss important cultural and political issues affecting both the university and the newly independent nation. The first issue contains a lengthy mission statement, part of which reads:

"...every student and staff member here has a right to know what is happening around them and they have the additional right to publicly express themselves on subjects that are important and vital to them. That's why this newspaper exists."

It goes on, "[The Makererean] also needs people who are eager and able to walk around Kampala, talking to store owners and shop-keepers and soliciting advertisements to defroy the expenses of printing. Anyone who is willing to volunteer some of his time will be able to find work on the Makererean."

We were unable to locate any issues of this periodical in OCLC. An excellent time capsule, recording the opinions, hopes, and daily lives of the young intelligentsia of the newly independent Uganda at its most prestigious university.