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Why school food, as opposed to grub, is good for our boys.
Last week while I was in Entebbe at a Medical Center, a Mom and Dad brought their 11-year-old son into the emergency ward. The boy had been running around on […] More
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Sometimes, try to take things at face value.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about something my mom used to always say to me. ‘Emma, sometimes, try to take things at face value.’ See, my mom and brother have always […] More
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Selfies Vs Writing
Today, I observed a girl prepping herself to take a selfie. I enjoy watching this process…all that fretting about whether she has got it right reminds me why I don’t […] 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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Kintu and Nambi; Kayikuzi and Kintu #25
Continued from; Walumbe’s delight #24 By Aine Susan Kayikuzi made his way to the edge, his source of solace over the years.Yet even there,one could feel the tension between the […] More
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Virtual currency and the fourth industrial revolution
Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday, 18th June, 2019 that Facebook and more than two dozen Founding Member companies, including eBay, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Coinbase and venture capital […] More
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Lost in Manchester – A Review of Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Without wasting time, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi takes us on a journey into the complexities of human nature that make up the pages in the collection of short stories, Manchester Happened. […] More
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Shedding my skin
A snake. That creature. Science says, every once in a while, it sheds off its old skin. My memory is a Judas of sorts. Whenever I summon it and beg […] More
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Sons of the gods #19
By Aine Susan Jambia: panga Ebifeera: plural for ekifeera; a coward that is weak and timid Oruhu: hide/skin; an animal’s skin “Boys ought not to go to war,” Kayikuzi strayed […] More
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RESTORING UGANDAN FATHERHOOD
I grew up inside a bubble. In this bubble, all Ugandan fathers were like my father. Fathers came home for 3 meals a day, every day, except when working out […] More
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My Chevening Story and Other Tips
Beginning… November 2017 was the first time I applied for the Chevening Scholarship program. I had wanted so badly to study for my Master’s in the UK, mostly because I […] More
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What is Joseph Kabuleta exactly saying?
I have always loved Joseph Kabuleta’s writing. He earned my respect as a humane being when I learnt that he boycotts Shell products because the company is stained with the […] More
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I hope; like nothing happened
I was young when I discovered nostalgia – maybe 5 or 6 or thereabouts. It is around then that the hymen to my eyes was shed; around then that I […] More
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You Probably Shouldn’t Give It A Name
Disclaimer: When I am trying to jolt myself out of a writing funk like the scary one I am in, I simply sit at a keyboard and let my fingers […] More
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Letter To Africa: Dear Cape Town
My dear Cape Town How are you doing? How are Sipho, Gupta, and Sean? Please tell them I said hello, and that I received the PayPal receipts. Everything is in […] More
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A Brief Argument for Federating Uganda
Buganda Kingdom realized a surplus budget this year—a feat that has eluded successive central governments for many reasons that my word-limit won’t let me expound. This revelation got me thinking […] More
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