Mark your calendars and head to Aristoc: September 29 through October 6 is Banned Books Week:
BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.
If shelling out 80,000 shillings on the newest Harry Potter (one of the most popular controversial books) isn’t on your agenda, check out Google’s Explore Banned Books to see which 42 of the top 100 novels of the 20th century have been challenged.
If anyone knows where I can find a list of books banned in Uganda (other than, say, in Buturo’s head), leave a comment.