To start us off, a November 2020 interview with Author of Visions at Dusk, speaker, and ALA alumnus Trevor Lwere (ALA’17). A current student at the University of Notre Dame, Trevor majors in Economics with a PPE minor. He also does a supplementary major in Global Affairs.  Host Brian Olemo quizzes him on a speech he made during ALA’s decennial celebrations in which he made the case that “Even if we don’t take an interest in politics, politics will always take an interest in us.”

Trevor reminds us of “the why” we need to participate actively in the struggle for emancipation for our continent through seriously shaping & taking up our generational mission. Just like the cathedral builders, he locates our generation in the larger struggle that has been and is still going on for generations capping with a powerful quote, “To be an African in this day and age is to be in a state of perpetual resistance.” He also makes a prediction of the Ugandan election concluded a few months ago and validates his predictions.

Speech: Trevor Lwere: Youth, politics, and apathy.

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