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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Identity & Culture, Self-help and InspirationDoing Good Is Not Enough
It seems charity is about the redemption of the giver, when it must be about the liberation of the receiver. I heard this on Trevor Noah’s What Now? podcast. José […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Parenting & ChildcareThe Child Is Raised by the Community Until the Bills Come
Image generated by Chat gpt (Interesting how it properly reflects the elderly woman’s home). Yesterday, I went with my team at Eloi Ministries to a community in Kiwatule for a […] More
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THE REVOLUTION WAS YOUNG BUT WAS IT READY?
Until I realized that power is not about age. Power is about character. And sometimes, we are not as different from the adults we criticized as we thought we were. […] More
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in Cinema, Community & Opinion, Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Movies and Television, Visual Art
FILM HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE OF THE NATIONAL CAKE
Last week, I read through the 2025/2026 Uganda national budget. Not something most filmmakers would usually do on a Sunday morning, but I’m glad I did (I can share a […] More
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MHLAKHO WA A MALAWI (also known as Chiwanja cha a Malawi)
What if we loved our country with the same fierce passion we pour into our tribes? If we did, we would never tolerate careless insults about it, nor would we […] More
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FILMMAKERS TO WORK WITH BUGANDA
The President of the Producers Guild of Uganda (PGU), Matthew Nabwiso, on Tuesday joined a high-level delegation to the Buganda Heritage & Tourism Board (BHTB) in a strategic engagement […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Competitions and Challenges, Environment & Climate, Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Minorities and People with Disabilities, Politics and Government, Public Relations & Press Releases, Travel and Adventure, War and Conflict, Writing and LiteratureFlames of Justice: Nakimuli’s Fierce Stand Against Kisenyi’s Eviction Nightmare
The night air hung thick with smoke over Kampala’s Kisenyi slum, the faint glow of street fires casting jagged shadows across the tin roofs. At 20, Nakimuli stood outside her […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Diaspora, Education and Academia, Environment & Climate, Identity & Culture, Innovation, Science and Technology, Law, Crime and Justice, Mining and Minerals, Travel and AdventurePresenting on Uganda as part of AfriExperience
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting on Uganda to a room of Yale University students as part of AfriExperience, organized by the Yale Africa Business & Society […] More
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SENIOR CHIEF KACHINDAMOTO
After we finished filming the documentary, Senior Chief Kachindamoto called me aside. “My son” she said, “what real change will this film bring, how will it help me? You are […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Podcasts, Politics and GovernmentShe’s 22. She wants to be President, then quit to run the UN. And she’s dead serious.
I Sat With a 22-Year-Old Who Made Me Believe Uganda will be okay After years of reading policy papers, sitting through conferences, and watching the same problems recycled into the […] More
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International Publishing Fellowship: Day 3 — Where Are Our Libraries!!
Like I said last week, walking in Manchester felt like we were inside an epic film. We spent the night, and in the morning met the great Ivan Wadeson, who […] More
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Beneath the Grey Skies of Msinja
In the rain-drenched woods of Msinja, beneath skies gone grey as ash, the two stood opposed: Mlauli, whose years hung heavy upon him like a wet cloak, and M’bona, the […] More
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Who was Uganda intended for? Why the Sovereignty Bill is Bad
“Who was Uganda intended for? At the very inception of the Republic, what vision did our constitutional forefathers hold when they set out to define the essence of this nation?”— […] More
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Life in Exile Act One: The Breaking of a Man
Chapter Five: The Final Destination By the second morning of my stay in West Budama, I had already abandoned the purpose of my visit to the region or to say […] More
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Gender-based violence + racism are tangled together through the same root: colonial definitions of “normal”.
The “fairest of them all” problem Schools, movies, ads taught generations that beauty = white, English/French/Arabic = smart, “proper family” = Western blueprint. So when kids go through that […] More
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in Identity & Culture, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Photography, Poetry, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureWHEN SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS BECOMES CONTROL.
The problem we have with international organisations that are supposed to assist and support artists in Malawi is that they often take the place of the artists themselves. Instead of […] More
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Building Forward: From the Few in the Room to the Many Who Are Building
For a long time, the narrative has been about the one woman in the room, sometimes two, perhaps five. That framing was always incomplete. The truth is, we are many. […] More
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Break Your Brain Chains
Many people are in chains, just not physically visible chains. Many people are mentally enslaved, believing they cannot attain fulfilment, making life decisions for societal and familial approval. Many are […] More
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