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'IT MAKES ME FEEL BRAVE ABOUT BEING A WOMAN': A READER'S REVIEW OF "DON'T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH"
by Bridget Nakuya Earlier this year when l read the ‘African Saga’, a small sweet book of poetry written by a Ugandan Author and academic Susan Kiguli, l felt like […] More
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in PoetryCARNAGE #Stories4Health
All hail the queen; Covid19 the great Destroyer of the 7 nations; With no regard for cultures Immorality her quest; Unquenchable her thirst; Elixir must be filled; So blood she […] More
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HOPE IS A CURE #Stories4Health
Whatever they said and so did, it was never a thing to be ashamed of unless you chose to join them. The choices of words offend but they deliver the […] More
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in PoetryHow do you know your poems are ripe for publication?
In 2009, in my initial days as a ‘Lantern Meet Poet’, I went to Dr. Susan Kiguli’s office to deliver a copy of a poem she had asked for. The […] More
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I remember you like rain on my skin
More often than usual I find myself talking outloud to you. You are here, Yet not. I remember you like rain on my skin. You are not here anymore and […] More
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Where have all the children gone?
Poem illustration by Laughing Gas Design, Addis Ababa. More
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Review: Don’t Love Me In English – Bridget Ankunda
As a writer, I have tended to avoid poetry. It is a medium of expression that, truth be told, doesn’t come naturally to me. If I were to speak honestly, […] More
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in PoetryWamma It’s Just a Thought
Do you know what I feel when I feel your love? Now, picture a warm bed on a cold night the window creaking I, craving a breeze, unbolt its captivity […] More
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HOW I WAS ABLE TO BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE YE! SUMMIT 2025
When I was growing up, I always had one fear– failing to do something great at a young age. I always wanted and still want to always be the youngest […] More
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Poetry In The Times Of Corvid – Ife the Singing Poet
I have worked with close to 500 poets over the last 13 years. And I am yet to meet one with a stage presence as calm and radiant as Ife’s. […] More
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Is Life Not Too Short?
Is life not too short? Are we not allowed to wallow? Why can’t we sit in our own piss peacefully? Can’t we postpone action for a day or two without […] More
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in PoetryLast Night I Told A Stranger All About You
I stood and saw you take the front seat of my memory. You were on a train Writing poetry While I, last night, Told a stranger all about you. The […] More
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The Night The Lights Went Out
The air hung heavy with the silence of a world unplugged. No rhythmic hum of refrigerators, no soft glow of televisions, only the melancholic chirp of crickets serenaded the starlit […] More
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in PoetryAround the streets
Hello bee, show me to the beehive. This honey isn’t yours BOY BYE. Look, love, I see the hallo in your eyes. why don’t you come over and we grab […] More
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#stories4health
It started when I couldn’t smell, I remember that day clearly, it was the 2nd of June on a Monday , when things started changing for me. It was Nana’s […] More
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in Poetry
Light at the Tunnel's End
Absurd a primate scrap on play From daybreak to twilight seen But the curtain unveiled in decay To reveal a deadly fate decreed Humanity witnessed a sinister seed Not North, […] More
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I Wanted To Die #Stories4Health
I Wanted To Die When I first heard the news Of a deadly disease in Wuhan in December; Killing people left, right and centre; I Wanted To Die. Anxiety had […] More
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