In his latest work “Political Posters in Uganda External link, opens in new window.”, Kristof Titeca has gathered and extensively analyzed a collection of posters produced in the streets of Nassar Road in Kampala. Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are portrayed in colorful images as Robocop and other Hollywood action heroes, as a demonstration of the opposition of the common men to Western imperialism.

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Kristof Titeca is a Professor at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His work focuses on governance and conflict dynamics in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and relies heavily on field research. He is a regular contributor to a variety of media platforms, such as The New Humanitarian, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, African Arguments, Al Jazeera, and many others.