http://blog.bazarrabusa.info A research journal for my biography of Ugandan renaissance man Timothy Byabasakuzi Bazarrabusa Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:16:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple of weeks ago I received a message via this blog from a Ugandan journalist who was writing an article on Timothy Bazarrabusa for the Sunday Vision newspaper. This was an exciting development, so I quickly set about providing corrections and additions to the author's text and preparing images ... http://blog.bazarrabusa.info/2008/09/27/an-article-about-timothy-bazarrabusa-in-the-sunday-vision/ Fountain Publishers have finally upgraded their web site (using, by the looks of it, the open source e-commerce package osCommerce). They've also updated their catalog, so Bazarraubusa's books now appear. At first glance, I thought Obu Ndikura Tindifa was missing. But a quick search revealed that it is present in the ... http://blog.bazarrabusa.info/2008/01/01/bazarrabusas-books-finally-on-the-fountain-publishers-site/ It's fairly difficult to do primary research on anglophone Africa if you live in France. There are some resources in libraries such as the Bibliothèque des langues orientales, the Bibliothèque de documenation internationale contemporaine (at Nanterre) and the Bibliothèque publique d'information (in the Centre Pompidou), but more obscure sources are ... http://blog.bazarrabusa.info/2007/09/23/research-trip-london-bristol-august-2007/ It might seem odd to start this blog with a post on Bazarrabusa's death. However, a recent e-mail from an American academic reminded me that this issue has provoked some speculation. http://blog.bazarrabusa.info/2007/09/13/bazarrabusas-death-accident-or-assassination/ The genesis of Bazarrabusa: A Ugandan Life A few years ago, in the chaotic attic of a long-neglected family house in England, I discovered several books by my maternal grandfather Timothy Bazarrabusa. Alongside these novels in a language I couldn't decipher there were some old photos, a couple of photocopied documents, ... http://blog.bazarrabusa.info/2007/09/05/why-bazblog/