| Owner(s) | Verona Fathers |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Angelo Negri |
| Publisher | Verona Fathers |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Language | Acholi |
| Ceased publication | 1971 |
| Country | Uganda |
| Circulation | 12000 |
Lobo Mewa (meaning Our World) was an Acholi language publication in Uganda published fortnightly by the Verona Fathers of Gulu.
After purchasing a second hand printing press, the Verona Fathers of Gulu in northern Uganda started publishing Lobo Mewa in 1958 alongside the Leadership magazine. [1] According to Gingyera Pinycwa, the Italian born bishop of Gulu, Angelo Negri of the Verona Fathers started its publication [2]
It was published fortnightly with a circulation of 12,000 copies. [3] [4] It mainly focused on "the propagation of the Catholic faith and the cultivation of an Acholi" [2]
Earlier on in 1954, when a group of Baganda Catholics started a new party “Uganda Democratic Party (DP)”, it spread through the encouragement of some Catholic bishops in the central region who "saw in it a necessary step to fight the unjust discrimination against the human rights of the Catholics". [5]
Father Tarcisio Agostoni of the Comboni Missionaries spread this activism in the northern region by regularly writing in Lobo Mewa which was published in Acholi. [6] The paper was thus known for its activism and "role in the religious, social and political formation of Acholi" [5]