Dominic Dipio

Dominic or Dominica Dipio (professionally referred to as Professor Sister Dominic Dipio) is Ugandan nun, a filmmaker, author and a professor of Literature and Film at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. As a nun, she belongs to the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church, MSMMC, a Ugandan founded religious congregation in Lira Catholic Diocese in Northern Uganda. And as of November 2019, she was appointed Consultor of the Pontifical Council for Culture by Pope Francis.
Background and education
Dipio was born in Adjumani in the West Nile region of Uganda. She attended Saint Mary's Girls', Aboke for her O' Level before proceeding to Trinity College Nabbingo for her A' Levels. She subsequently joined Makerere University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Education. Her master's degree is in Literature and was obtained from the same institution. In 2004, she completed her PhD in Film studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
In 1991, Dipio undertook a certificate in Women's Studies at the then Faculty of Social Sciences at Makerere University. Later on in 2010, she was named a Presidential Fellow of the Rutgers University-based African Studies Association.
Career
In academia, Dipio is a professor of literature and in 2007 was appointed Head of the Literature Department at Makerere University making her the first African female head of the department.
Dipio is involved in the Uganda film industry having directed and produced a number of films and documentaries. She has served as a judge and member of jury at a number of film festivals such as the The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) in 2011, the Amakula Film festival and served as chief judge at the inaugural Uganda Film Festival in 2013 as well as other editions after that.
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Films and documentaries
* A Meal to forget
* Crafting the Bamasaba
* Dearly Beloved
* Mother-Centered Africa
* Rainmaking: A disappearing practice
* Word Craft

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