What it took to make cartoons under dictator Amin’s regime

A strip of the Ekanya cartoon by James Tumusiime in The Voice of Uganda.

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Three Ugandan veteran cartoonists, John Jones Salongo Sserwanga, Willy Ochaya, and James Tumusiime were making cartoons in the 1970s during the reign of dictator Idi Amin.

A new documentary, The Tongue Turns to the Aching Tooth, explores how their work has left an imprint on Uganda’s popular culture.