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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Photography, Poetry, Politics and Government, Theatre, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureA TURNING POINT FOR UGANDA’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES? THE OPPORTUNITY IS HERE—BUT ARE WE READY?
Uganda’s creative sector has never lacked talent. What it has lacked is coordinated leadership that understands the difference between creating art and building an industry. Today, I believe we may […] More
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THE TOP 10 UGANDAN POETRY BOOKS (FROM 2000 -2020)
So, my list 3 of The Top 10 of ‘Everything Ugandan Poetry’ features my top 10 Ugandan poetry books in public circulation between 2000 and 2020. This is a long […] More
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Review: Don’t Love Me In English – Bridget Ankunda
As a storyteller, 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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A TOP 10 LIST OF ‘EVERYTHING UGANDAN POETRY’: Ugandan Female Performance Poets
So, I’m going to be sharing various lists of my ’10 Top of Everything Ugandan Poetry.’ All the information is based on my own meandering experience with poetry, so take […] More
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in Fiction, Health and Medicine, Personal Finance, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and Literature#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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#MuwadoLoveLetter THE CONFUSING SYMPHONY
Dear Princess As I lay down on the bed in my one room shack, I stare at the ceiling but the mind wonders off into Oblivion trying to remember your […] More
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RHYMES, METAPHORS AND I, THE BEST OF VERSE IN VAC POETRY 2014-2020 (Kitara Nation Poetry Series #3)
“All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso. Poetry in Uganda starts from the seedbed of youth. Practically every […] More
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in PoetryA PROPOSAL TO HAVE ‘MEDIOCRE VERSE‘ AS A GENRE OF UGANDAN POETRY
At Philip Matogo’s book launch a few weeks back, one of the members in the audience put up his hand and said, currently there is what he called, “a publishing […] More
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#MuwadoLoveLetter Will you be mine? (Confessions of an expectant heart, a bleeding mind and a lover’s plight.)
Like an orphan to a curfew Or a reason to hurt you I am yet to find you… Like a porno to a perv Or a corner to a […] More
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IN THE SHOES OF A KAMPALA POET
Recently a friend, Kidron, while disagreeing with my stance on the concept of performance poetry in Kampala spaces today, made a point which reminded me of the brutal reality we face […] More
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WHO IS A POET? A CASE IN POINT OF KAGAYI’S “FOR MY NEGATIVITY AND NO SPEAKING VERNACULAR”
On the 15th of June 2023, I met Kagayi at the national theatre; he sold to me his performance poetries (For My Negativity and No Speaking Vernacular). Extensively, we had […] More
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WHAT AN ANIMAL OF A WRITER: A EULOGY TO FRANCIS ASIIMWE DIVING DEEP INTO HIS INFAMOUS POEM, ‘Gentlemen, I’ve a Ask’
For the last couple of hours, days, weeks, and months – probably even a year, I have been thinking critically, writing in silence and creating new stories. Until one Sunday […] More
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#MuwadoLoveLetter Soyez mon Valentine
P.O. Box 57, Mbarara. Dear Becky, The mailman said internet will be replacing all postal mail, so I thought I should pen my last letter, to my first love. […] More
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TALKING BOOKS WITH NNANDA: 5 questions to Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi' on the poetry book FOR MY NEGATIVITY
QN1: Nnanda, you watched the poetry show FOR MY NEGATIVITY and now you have also read the poetry book. What are your impressions on the poems on stage and the […] More
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Should we really be surprised about the army's attack on Makerere?
If you are an ardent reader/listener of the literature on Uganda’s State Violence (past, present and future), you may be dismayed, but you’re not in disbelief. The Makerere situation is […] More
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