Dominica Dipio

Dominica Dipio (professionally referred to as Professor Sister Dominic Dipio) is a Ugandan religious sister, a filmmaker, author and a professor of Literature and Film at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. As a sister, she belongs to the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church, MSMMC, a Ugandan-founded religious congregation in Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira in Northern Uganda.In November 2019 she was appointed Consultor of the Pontifical Council for Culture by Pope Francis.

Quotes

• For us, Africans who are predominantly described as very oral people, the film medium is a very powerful continuation, in a way, of our orality.
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• In a country where demand for higher education is booming, with a demand 50 percent higher than the global average, our universities can offer only a limited number of seats for STEM training, and as a result we find an unfortunately high unemployment rate for university graduates
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• In my humanities work, the technology of film is crucial to my success. It allows for a popular version of my research, a form that everyone can access.
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