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    Martin Luther Nsibirwa, Katikiro (Prime minister) of Buganda, M.B.E, (Member of the Order of the British Empire), 1929-1941 and July 1945- Sept. 1945
    ( 2021) Photo acquired through donation by Oweekitibwa (Hon.) Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa, the Omuwanika (treasurer) for Obwakabaka bwa Buganda (Kingdom of Buganda).
    A hall formerly named after Sir Geoffrey Northcote, K.C.M.G. a former Chairperson of Makerere University Council was renamed after the former murdered Katikiro of Buganda, Martin Luther Nsibirwa. Earlier on, specifically, 3rd September 1945, in the Buganda Lukiiko (Cabinet) there had been a discussion on a bill that would give the Kabaka (King) authority to take over private land, with compensation, for purposes of national development. The two projects in question were Namulonge Research station and land for expansion of Makerere College, which had acquired university status and desired to expand. Katikkiro Nsibirwa was in favor of the bill but there was discontent in some sections of the people. On 5th September1945, he was assassinated early in the morning. According to Mrs Kalema, (2021), daughter of the deceased, he had already assented to the bill , unknown to the assassin, the land for the expansion of Makerere was acquired and in 1949, Makerere, with its newly acquire university status, changed name to Makerere College, University of East Africa.
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    The war victim
    ( 1981) Nnagenda, Francis
    Prof. Nnagenda found that a part of the tree had fallen down, close to the Art School. This tree is called Mukebu in luganda, mugomati in other places and the scientific name is, Cordia Africana. One of the lecturers had ordered the groundsmen to burn the trunk. The burning of the tree symbolized that a lot was going on. The tree that had fallen reminded ourselves of the destruction today caused by man and nature. The Sculpture was done in three (3) years, from 1981 - 1983. After making the sculpture, some Europeans came and admired it. Rockefeller too admired it and wanted to take it to New York. They offered monetary compensation but Prof. Nnagenda preferred that the monument remains in the university. In 1984, Rockefeller decided to purchase it for the university. They then decided to put it in the library. However, it would not fit through the library doors so Rockefeller hired cranes that passed it through the roof and fitted in a specialized space in the old library building. The Sculpture is a headless Torso, but with energy. The symbolism is that even if people were victims, they did not lose everything. Prof. Nnagenda came back in 1979 revolutionized after observations that there were no artifacts from Africa, yet Africa had its own way of communication through visual arts.
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    Boundless Knowledge
    ( 2017) Staff from Margaret Trowel school of Fine Art and Design
    The two-dimensional artwork is a symbol of an Ivory Tower representing Makerere University and its status as a leading institution for academic excellence and Innovations in Africa.
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    Makerere University Main Building
    ( 1941)
    This was the Makerere University main building before the fire outbreak .
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    The elephant
    ( 2011)
    Lumumba has a symbol of the elephant because the hall was big, so students referred to it as a big republic, and thus the elephant land, since the elephant symbolizes gigantic features. This monument is located at Makerere University Lumumba Hall.