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The Kaddu Wasswa Archive

Title: The Kaddu Wasswa Archive

Photographer/s: Arthur C. Kisitu
Andrea Stultiens

Contributor/s: Kaddu Wasswa John

Date of publication: october 30, 2010

Place of publication: rotterdam (the netherlands)

Dimensions: 17,8×23,7 cm

Edition size: 1200

Type of binding: hard cover, bound

Number of pages: 256 (+8page index b/w)

Type of paper: tatami

Number of pictures: ca.370

Type of printing: off set

Publisher: post editions

Designer: andrea stultiens (with marloes de laat)

Editor: andrea stultiens

Language: english (and some luganda)

Category: book

Price: € 37.50 [outside europe]

Summary:
The Kaddu Wasswa Archive is the visual biography of Ugandan Kaddu Wasswa, born in 1933, who played an important role in his community as a teacher and social worker. What is exceptional about the now 78-year old Wasswa is that he has always documented his activities. He wrote novels, plays and essays, took photographs and collected photos. Additionally, his extensive archive contains letters and newspaper clippings, often with added commentary.
Andrea Stultiens met Kaddu Wasswa in 2008 through his grandson, photographer Arthur C. Kisitu. Together, Stultiens and Kisitu set out to explore Wasswa’s archive. She took photographs of the documents to which she added her and Kisitu’s own photos which were taken during their meetings. The result is a unique biography in which the author is personally visible as well.
Kaddu Wasswa started his archive in the period when Uganda was seeking independence from Great Britain, its coloniser. The many photos in the archive present a fascinating view of the country Uganda and its inhabitants during the first fifty years of independence, which will be commemorated in 2012. The Kaddu Wasswa Archive preserves the history of a man and tells the story of a country.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: August, 20th, 1975, Kampala, Uganda (Kisitu) and July, 12th, 1974, Roermond, the Netherlands (Stultiens)

Website: www.andreastultiens.nl

Book link: http://www.post-editions.com/?page=kaddu

Donated by: post editions

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Published on December 29, 2010 4:20 pm.
Filed under: Books Tags: 2010, Andrea Stultiens, Arthur C. Kisitu, Netherlands, offset, post editions, The Kaddu Wasswa Archive

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January 3, 2011 at 7:53 pm

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