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The Timekeeper’s Reckoning
He knew better. Clocks never did keep time. No, not at all. They just set it free while we tether ourselves to a work clock from 9 to 5, watching […] More
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Life in Exile: Act Two – The Bridge of Silence
Chapter Eight: The Secret of the Newborn My return to Kampala from west budama was quiet and most of all, full of guilt. Mary had reunited with Peter Kaburu and […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and LiteratureLife in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows
Chapter Sixteen: Language of the Stone (Continuation) Nearly forty minutes passed before Peter finally lowered his pencil. His shoulders ached from remaining motionless, yet satisfaction replaced fatigue as he carefully […] More
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ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE NSANJE PEOPLE
What happened in Nsanje is sad. A person has been killed because of false allegations. Someone spread a rumor claiming that this person was evil and was stealing people’s private […] More
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ANTHU OLEMERA NDI A SATANIC
There is a quiet hostility between the rich and the poor. Many poor people believe that wealthy people do terrible things to acquire their wealth, and that the rich themselves […] More
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ON MUGANGA, BEING RWANDAN AND UGANDA’S DEMONS OF IDENTITY POLITICS PART 1: THE REALITY OF BEING OF RWANDAN DESCENT
It is true in a way that few care to contemplate, that no people in the East African region have been as persecuted, harangued and vilified like Rwandans and people […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Two – The Bridge of Silence
Chapter Eleven: The Weight of observation Morning has a peculiar way of disguising destiny. The city awakens believing that every day resembles the one before it. Shops raise their shutters. […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Two – The Bridge of Silence
Chapter Twelve: The Poison of Obedience Evening settled over Kampala with the slow certainty of a curtain descending upon a theatre. The city’s restless energy those not disappear with the […] More
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When the scales were shifted
When the Scales Were Shifted In days of yore, the cries for rights did soar, A voice for girls, a chance to explore. Yet in the shadows, we […] More
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PART 2: OF MUGANGA AND HIS PARTICULAR PREDICAMENT
Part 1 I have seen lawyers argue about the legality and constitutionality of Dr. Muganga’s ministerial appointment. Those in support argue that the constitution’s only requirement for someone to serve […] More
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TRACING THYOLO TO THE MARAVI EMPIRE
Do not be afraid of history. Historically, Thyolo district is a Mang’anja domain. Thyolo district was originally a Maravi settlement. 500 years before the arrival of European colonists or later […] More
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THE MALAWI AND CONGO CONNECTION: TRACING THE ORIGINS OF THE MARAVI
Do not fear your history. Also, history does not respect your emotions. Names matter. They carry memory, history, and identity. Family names survive generations. They cross rivers, droughts, wars, migrations, […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows
Chapter Sixteen: Language of the Stone (Continuation) Neither Peter Kaburu nor Obong pà Obong spoke. The silence that settled between them was not born of uncertainty but of reverence. Some […] More
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in Fiction, History & Heritage, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Seventeen: The Ghost and the Cave – Part I)
Chapter Seventeen: The Ghost and the Cave (Part I) I have often wondered whether memory tells the truth or merely preserves the fragments of fear that refuse to die. Even […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and LiteratureLife in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Twenty-One: Border Line (Part Two))
Chapter Twenty-One: Border Line (Part Two) Night settled over the refugee settlement with remarkable speed, as I came to think of it. One moment the mountains were visible against the […] More
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Born again
I came at around noon on a chilly Tuesday in June. Mother had known it was time, so she trekked slowly to Kyeni hospital and made a beeline for the […] More
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City-Zen-Shape
City-Zen-Shape: noun — I have that identity that comes from intimate familiarity with a city. You and I have attachment to a city, a trail of sorrows, happiness, and realities […] More
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Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Nineteen: The Cave Men of God)
Chapter Nineteen: The Cave Men of God I have learned that human beings rarely notice a miracle when it first appears. What they notice are the small things. The strange […] More
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