Rolling Stone (Uganda)

Rolling Stone
TypeWeekly
FormatTabloid
Managing editorGiles Muhame[1]
Founded23 August 2010 (2010-08-23)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationNovember 2010
HeadquartersKampala, Uganda
Circulation2000

Rolling Stone was a weekly tabloid newspaper published in Kampala, Uganda. The paper published its first issue on 23 August 2010, under the direction of 22-year-old Giles Muhame and two classmates from Kampala's Makerere University.[2][3] According to Muhame, the paper's title was derived from the local word enkurungu: "It's a metaphor for something that strikes with lightning speed, that can kill someone if it is thrown at them."[2] The paper was small, with a circulation of approximately 2000 copies.[3] It suspended publication in November 2010 after the High Court ruled that it had violated the fundamental rights of LGBT Ugandans by attempting to out them and calling for their deaths. One of those listed, David Kato, was subsequently murdered.

The paper was unaffiliated with the American magazine Rolling Stone, which later described the Ugandan paper's actions as "horrific" and protested its choice of name.[4]

  1. ^ CanuckJacq (5 January 2011). "Ugandan editor willing to 'go to jail' to out gays". gaelick. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b Xan Rice (June 2011). "Death by Tabloid". The Atlantic. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Gays in Uganda say they're living in fear", Godfrey Olukya & Jason Straziuso, NBC News, Associated Press
  4. ^ "Not In Our Name: Ugandan Newspaper's Horrific Action", Rolling Stone, 21 October 2010