What Died When We Lived is a telling book for Uganda's contemporary circumstances. It ably grapples with those issues that Ugandan citizens find deeply troubling, with razor-sharp analysis, consummate wit, and magisterial wisdom. Certainly, the truth-deniers will have a hard time creating a persuasive counter-narrative. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo has given us a gem: It is an exemplar of decolonial dissent.