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Evolution of the Arrow(sign) or direction through the history and its significance in the present.
One morning while I was walking I saw a billboard with an arrow pointing to an apartment. The arrow caught my attention. My eyes rolled in the direction of the […] More
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COULD CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS & ADOLF HITLER BE AFRICA’S FORGOTTEN INDEPENDENCE “HEROES”?
Uganda celebrated her 59th Independence on October 9, 2021; a major milestone for citizens and Africans in general. As a country, we have come a long way, sometimes great a […] More
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Kintu and Nambi; The Creation Story #18
CONTINUED FROM; THE SECOND TASK#17 By Aine Susan Gulu was not convinced that this measly human could stroll through the tasks without as much as a scratch. Where was Walumbe? […] More
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Review of Telling God’s Work; The Story of Brother Joseph Tinkasimire
“Those of us who were fortunate enough to attend the greatest secondary school in Uganda in the early 1990s can never forget our great Headmaster, Br Joseph Tinkasimire. He was […] More
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Book review: The Life and Legacy of Lapwony Micheal Ocan as told by Family and Friends
I was not fortunate to meet the late ‘Lapwony’ Ocan but having read the anthology of tributes; The Life and Legacy of Lapwony Micheal Ocan as told by Family and […] More
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in Education and Academia, Family, Friends and Relationships, History & Heritage, Religion and SpiritualityInaugural Lapwony Micheal Ocan Memorial Lecture delivered by Ambassador Olara Otunnu
THE LIFE, CONTRIBUTION AND EXAMPLE OF MIKE OCAN By: Olara Otunnu “Charity begins at home but goes way beyond home” It is three years since a very bright light was […] More
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Remembering H.E. Lt. General Bazilio Olara Okello
Thirty-six years ago, on 9 January 1990, my family lost a father. Uganda lost one of her sons, H.E. Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, a soldier, statesman, and former Head […] More
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Basongora & The Shenzi [Zenj] Empire
Tales of Shenzi Emperors, Rebellion in Arabia, Raids in Europe & Basongora-Chwezi Royals INTRODUCTION The Shenzi Empire was founded in 630 AD and remained in control of central, east and southern Africa […] More
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Vageeswari
The bellow took eighteen hours to make. Eighteen hours of hand-stitching leather into the focusing mechanism that connects the lens to the body of a large-format field camera — […] More
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UGANDA TOWARDS A NEW MONARCHISED MILITARY: SOLDIER KING IN THE MAKING?
UGANDA TOWARDS A NEW MONARCHISED MILITARY: SOLDIER KING IN THE MAKING? By Oweyegha-Afunaduula Center for Critical Thinking and Alternative Analysis Uganda is a country ever in transition just like all […] More
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Turning the Tables: A Song About ‘Min Oluuku’
A paper by Odoch Pido and Donna Pido Of the Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi [email protected] and [email protected] April 2019, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda […] More
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TRIBUTE: IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT. MARTIN OLANGO “OKENY MAGUY” (1960 – 1994)
The late Lt. Martin Olango hailed from the Payira-Pailik clan in Acholi land. He was a beloved son of Acholi and Uganda who passed away in October 1994. Martin was […] More
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HOW I TRAVELLED BUSINESS CLASS TO LONDON UNEXPECTEDLY
The first time I travelled on an aeroplane was in the 1970s when I was reporting to my duty station as a fisheries research officer of the East African Marine […] More
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MASIRE: THE LOST 2017 INTERVIEW
In June 2017, just two weeks before his passing, Botswana’s second president, Sir Ketumile Masire, sat down with storyteller and actor Donald Molosi for what would become his final recorded […] More
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OUR HISTORY, OUR SILENCE (ADAFERANJI)
If Malawi were in Europe or America, John Chilembwe would probably be a towering national hero. There would be a grand museum dedicated entirely to his life. We might still […] More
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Biological Deserts: How Uganda’s Tree-Planting Programmes Continue to Erase Natural Forests and Associated Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Abstract This article critically examines Uganda’s contemporary tree‑planting programmes, arguing that despite ostensibly “green” rhetoric they accelerate biological desertification – the progressive simplification and functional collapse of forest ecosystems (Fairhead […] More
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in Community & Opinion, History & Heritage, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentEnforcing Ugandans onto the Fateful Path of Maoris, Aboriginals and Red Indians: A Comparative Study of Colonisation-by-Proxy and the Instrumentalisation of Law, Policy, and Knowledge
Abstract: This article examines the hypothesis that post-1986 Uganda is being deliberately steered toward the same demographic, cultural, and ecological fate experienced by the Maoris of New Zealand, Aboriginals of […] More
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The Maravi Footprints on Mulanje Mountain: A Sacred Frontier of the Lundu Kingdom
Archaeological Evidence Confirms Mang’anja Primacy on Malawi’s Highest Massif Never get afraid of your history. For centuries, Mount Mulanje has stood as a silent sentinel over southern Malawi, its dramatic […] More
