Martha Kazungu

Martha Kazungu Okuzaalibwa Uganda Okusoma Yunivasite y’e Bayreuth Emirimu Omukuumi, omuwandiisi, omuwi w’amagezi ku by’obuwangwa Ebimumanyiddwako Dayirekita eyatandikawo ekitongole kya Njabala Foundation
Martha Kazungu (yazaalibwa 1993) Munauganda omukuumi w'ebintu ebyedda  , omuwandiisi, era omulwanirizi w'ebyobuwangwa okuva mu Uganda .   Ye dayirekita eyatandikawo ekitongole kya Njabala Foundation, ekibiina ekikola okuwagira abakyala abayimbi,banakatemba nga bayita mu myoleso, okubuulirira, okunoonyereza, n’okukwatagana n’abantu.  Kazungu amanyiddwa nnyo olw’omulimu gwe ogw’okukuuma eby’obuwangwa ng’essira aliteeka ku by’emikono eby’omulembe gwa Afirika, enkola y’ekikugu ey’abakyala, n’okukuuma eby’obuwangwa.  

Kazungu yazaalibwa mu Uganda mu 1993.  Yasoma ebyafaayo  eby'okulaba no'kwogela mu Afirika ku Yunivasite y’e Bayreuth mu Bugirimaani, gye yafunira diguli eyookubiri mu by’emikono ng’essira aliteeka ku by’okukuuma ,Okulondoola emikutu gy’amawulire mu Afrika. 

Okunoonyereza kwe mu by'ensoma kwanoonyereza ku ngeli z'ebifaananyi ezikwatagana n'ebintu ebikung'aanyiziddwa mu Makerere University Art Gallery ne World Culture Museum e Frankfurt . 

Kazungu era yeetaba mu nteekateeka z’ensi yonna eziwerako ez’okutumbula abakugu omuli TheMuseumsLab, Independent Curators International, Àsìkò School, ne AtWork. 

 Omulimu 

 Omulimu gw’okukuuma ebintu 
Kazungu akolera wakati wa Kampala ne Nairobi era abadde akubiriza emyoleso ne pulogulaamu z'ebyemikono okwetoloola Afrika ne Bulaaya . . Emirimu gye gitera okulaga,okinoonyereza ensonga ezikwata ku kumanya, okukiikirira kw'ekikula, enkyukakyuka mu mbeera z'abantu, n'okujjukira ebyobuwangwa.

Pulojekiti ze ez’okukuuma ebintu mulimu:

 Maama Wange Yeerabira Feesi Yange ( Norway ) 

 Emisomo gy'obulamu: Obuyiiya bwa Uganda ku mpapula (Germany)

 Ekikikilila   Ensonga (Uganda) .

 Wano ne Wano ( Ethiopia ) .

 Njabala: Kino Si Bwe Kiri (Uganda)

Kazungu yaweereza ng’omuyambi w’omukuumi w’ebivvulu bya Kampala Art Biennale mu 2016, ng’akolagana n’omukuumi Elise Atangana.  Era yakola ng'omuyambi w'omukuumi ku Feedback: Art Africa n'emyaka gya 1980 mu Iwalewahaus mu Girimaani.  Mu 2019, Kanzung yali mu kibiina kya Independent Curators International ekyategekebwa mu kibuga Cape Town ekya South Afrika .

Mu 2020, yakuuma emyoleso egyali ginoonyereza ku nkolagana eriwo wakati w’emisono, eby’emikono, n’okuyimirizaawo embeera z’abantu mu Uganda. 

 Emirimu gy’ebitongole 
Kazungu yaweereza ng’omuyambi w’omukuumi w’ebintu mu Museum am Rothenbaum (MARKK) e Hamburg, Germany, gye yakolagana n’okukuuma Archive of Experiences, eyali ekitundu ku myaka esatu egy’omunaana egy’okukuba ebifaananyi Hamburg.  Era Yali omu ku bategesi mu German Federal Cultural Foundation's TURN2 Labs, eyayambanga enteekateeka z'okuwanyisiganya eby'obuwangwa wakati w'abakugu mu by'emikono mu Afirika n'abazungu.  Kazungu abaddeko ku bukiiko obuwabula n’obukiiko bw’abalamuzi omuli Henrike Grohs Art Award n’emyoleso mu Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. 

 Ekitongole kya Njabala Foundation 
Kazungu yatandikawo ekibiina ekitali kya magoba ekya Njabala Foundation ekitumbula ebitone abakyala nga bayita mu mwoleso, enteekateeka z’okunoonyereza, okusula, n’enteekateeka z’okubuulirira abantu.  Nga bali n’omusingi guno, Kazungu akola pulojekiti z’okunoonyereza ku byafaayo ng’awandiika abayimbi abakyala mu Afrika, omuli n’okunoonyereza okussa essira ku bayimbi abakyala ab’omu buvanjuba bwa Afrika okuva mu myaka gya 1960.  Ekibiina kino kyatandikibwawo ekitundu okukola ku butali bwenkanya mu kikula ky’abantu mu kitongole kya Uganda eky’ebyemikono eby’omulembe.  

Kazungu akoze kinene mu bitabo by’ebifaananyi eby’ensi yonna ebiwerako ne katalogu z’emyoleso. Ebiwandiiko bye bifulumye mu bitabo omuli:

 Abayimbi ba Africa: Okuva mu 1882 okutuuka kati (Phaidon) 

 Abakazi Abakulu Abasiizi b'ebifaananyi (Phaidon) 

 Embodying Social Being, ekitabo ekikwata ku mubumbe Lilian Nabulime 

Era awaddeyo emboozi n’ebiwandiiko by’okunoonyereza ebinoonyereza ku byafaayo by’ebifaananyi bya Afirika n’enkola y’eby’emikono ey’abakyala.  

 Okunoonyereza n’okukwatagana n’abantu 
Kazungu ye yakwasaganya omusomo gw’ebyafaayo Eddamu okuwandiikibwa :Okuyamba ku Byafaayo bya  Uganda National Museum.  Omulimu gwe gutera okussa essira ku nkolagana wakati w’ebitongole n’okwetaba kw’abantu mu mboozi z’ebifaananyi eby’omulembe guno.  Enkola ya Kazungu ey’okukuuma eby’emikono essira erisinga kulissa ku byafaayo by’ebifaananyi eby’abakyala, okunyumya emboozi z’ebyobuwangwa, n’okugaziya okukiikirira abayimbi abakyala mu bitongole by’ebyemikono eby’omu Afirika. 

 Ebiwandiiko ebikozesebwa