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. 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 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. External link Category:Living people Category:Women academics from Uganda