Canon Griffin probes East Africa’s colonial past in bold Nairobi exhibition

Canon Griffin Rumanzi poses for a photo during an interview at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute in Nairobi on September 10, 2025.

Photo credit: Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

This month, the Nairobi Contemporary Art Gallery will be hosting a one-of-a-kind historical exploit into a catalogue of colonialism across East Africa through a series of photographical works, in a show dubbed Looking into the Mad Eye of History Without Blinking.

The artwork is being shown by Ugandan artist Canon Griffin Rumanzi and is curated by Trevor Mukholi who describes it as a fusion of synergetic themes evolving around history, colonialism and democracy in the East African region with a heavier incline towards Uganda.

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