Sesanga Jerry

Sesanga Jerry or sometimes spelt Ssesanga Jerry (born 1994) is a Ugandan writer, movie director and author based in the United States. During the 10th Ugandan Film Festival, his movie The Tales Of Our Times was nominated as the Best Film in Indigenous Language category. He is also the Director of the 2023 Seeta High's Against My Dreams not forgetting Pearl Magic's cooking show Mum Vs Wife

Early life and education
Sesanga was born in Kampala to Rogers Ssessanga and Terry Namubiru. He attended Frobell Kindergarten, St Catherine Primary School and completed his primary education at Kikaaya Primary School in Bulenga. He went on to join St Balikuddembe Secondary School for his O-level and sat for his final exams at London College Nansana in 2011. In 2012, he enrolled at Makerere University, pursuing a degree in education with Literature and English. In December 2017, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from St Lawrence University.

Career
Sesanga has worked as journalist for various media houses in Uganda, like Daily Monitor, as a writer and reporter. Since 2020, Sesanga has directed various movies like The Run (2020), The African Dream (2022), The Tale of Our Times (2023), Against My Dreams (2023), Mum Vs Wife which is basically about cooking and the Pearl Magic Serrie The Lions of Buganda,

Published work

 * "Primary School Poetry": A child's Inner voice, (December 28, 2013) ISBN 1491212616,
 * Voices from Jali.: The African story has just gotten better, ISBN 1492811378
 * African Girl Paperback
 * Princess of Africa: A fairy tale inspired by the brothers Grimm
 * Redrawing a new Africa Paperback, ISBN 978-1499364880.