Ashraf Ssemwogerere Explained

Ashiraf Ssemwogerere
Birth Place:Kampala, Uganda
Occupation:Screenwriter, director, actor, stage actor
Nationality:Ugandan
Years Active:1980–present
Notable Works:The Honourable
Website:www.ashirafssemwogerere.com

Ashraf Ssemwogerere (or Semwogerere) is a Ugandan film actor, director and stage actor.[1] He rose to fame with his movie Mukajanga ("The passion of the Ugandan Martyrs"), a story about the group of Buganda royals who were killed for their Christian faith by the Kabaka Mwanga II of Buganda.[2] Semwogerere was kidnapped in Kinawataka by unidentified people in 2006, after screening his new play Murder in the City at the National Theatre.[3] [4] His movie Feeling Struggle is believed to be the first feature film in Uganda.[5]

His other films include The Honourable[6] and Murder in the City, a story based on Aggrey Kiyingi upon the murder of his wife, Robinah Kiyingi.[7]

Ashraf features in Lukyamuzi Bashir's movie Bala Bala Sese as Ireene.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why the Ugandan film industry has failed to take off . Celeb Africa.Net . 2012-12-31 . 2013-10-07 . 2015-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222138/http://www.celebafrica.net/why-the-ugandan-film-industry-has-failed-to-take-off/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Films Uganda: Ashraf Semwogerere is back with Movie . Filmsuganda.blogspot.com . 2009-06-02 . 2013-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222246/http://filmsuganda.blogspot.com/2009/06/ashraf-semwogerere-is-back-with-movie.html . 2015-06-10 . dead .
  3. Web site: Ugandan Filmmakers Want More Freedom of Expression . Uganda Radio Network . 2012-08-27 . 2013-10-07.
  4. Web site: Same script, different casts | In2EastAfrica – East African news, Headlines, Business, Tourism, Sports, Health, Entertainment, Education . https://archive.today/20131008013329/http://archives.in2eastafrica.net/same-script-different-casts/ . dead . 2013-10-08 . Archives.in2eastafrica.net . 1959-12-02 . 2013-10-07 .
  5. Web site: The Observer - Ugandan films suffer stillbirth . Observer.ug . 2013-10-07.
  6. Web site: Uganda: Local Film Distributors Raise the Flag for Kinauganda Films . balancingact-africa.com . 2008-10-16 . 2013-10-07 . 2013-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216100729/http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/broadcast/issue-no40/distribution/uganda-local-film-di/bc . dead .
  7. Web site: Court demands movie script . Newvision.co.ug . 2005-10-31 . 2013-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610210345/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/463721 . 2015-06-10 .
  8. Web site: Kasaija, Natasha take romance to screen.

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