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Ashraf Ssemwogerere (or Semwogerere) is a
Ugandan film The emerging film industry in Uganda is known as Ugawood or sometimes Kinauganda by the locals. The 2005 production ''Feelings Struggle'' directed by Ashraf Ssemwogerere is credited with being the first Ugawood film. Many have asserted that this ...
actor, director and stage actor. He rose to fame with his movie '' Mukajanga'' ("The passion of the Ugandan Martyrs"), a story about the team of Buganda royals who were killed for their Christian faith by the ''
Kabaka the kabaka Palace in kireka Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and ...
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Mwanga II of Buganda Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was Kabaka of Buganda from 1884 until 1888 and fro ...
. Semwogerere was kidnapped in Kinawataka by unidentified people in 2006, after screening his new play ''Murder in the City'' at the National Theatre. His movie ''Feeling Struggle'' is believed to be the first feature film in Uganda. His other films include ''The Honourable'' and ''Murder in the City'', a story based on Aggrey Kiyingi upon the murder of his wife, Robinah Kiyingi. Ashraf features in
Lukyamuzi Bashir Lukyamuzi Bashir (or Badi)(born 7 December 1986) is a Ugandan music director, film director and producer. He directed Blu*3's video ''Where you are'' featuring Goodlyfe Crew, Iryn Namubiru’s Bona Obasinga, and ''Vumilia'' by Chameleone. He also ...
's movie ''
Bala Bala Sese ''Bala Bala Sese'' is a Ugandan film directed by Lukyamuzi Bashir based upon a screenplay by Usama Mukwaya, starring Michael Kasaija, Natasha Sinayobye, Raymond Rushabiro, Ismael Ssesanga, Fiona Birungi, Ashraf Ssemwogerere and Ddungu Jabal. I ...
'' as Ireene.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ssemwogerere, Ashraf Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ugandan film directors Ugandan male film actors Ugandan male television actors People from Kampala Ugandan screenwriters Ugandan male stage actors