Uganda: Inside Uganda’s Video Halls, ‘Video Jokers’ Transform Hollywood Blockbusters Into Local Entertainment

5th January 2026
[The Conversation Africa] If you walk into a video hall in Uganda your attention will probably go straight to a person sitting at the front of the audience. Speaking rapidly into a microphone, they comment loudly and continuously, often drowning out the sound of the film itself. You may well ask who this person is, and why they keep interfering with the film that people have come to watch.

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