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WAISEDHA: THE ULTIMATE STREETFYST
Most people like Western superheroes, so they underestimate Ugandan heroes. Today I am to tell you bout this character streetfyst. He is from. The Waisedh Game over war story. You […] More
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in Competitions and Challenges, Family, Friends and Relationships, Health and Medicine, Identity & Culture, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureWHY ARE FATHERS THE MOST HATED PARENTS?
WHY ARE FATHERS THE MOST HATED PARENTS? Have you ever sat down and thought about this, the fact that fathers are the most hated parents of the two, I mean […] More
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THE GREEDY BARBARIAN by Kakwenza Rukirabashaija – Review
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a humble, humorous and ever smart author of The Greedy Barbarian, went missing on Tuesday from his home in Iganga. He is said to have been picked up […] More
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Writing in Uganda is only for the rich.
My friend commented on one of my post saying, “Writing in Uganda is only for the rich.” Sadly, she might be right – at least for writers of trade books […] More
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I FOUND LOVE
I FOUND LOVE i found love, it was wrapped around your name, it spoke exactly like I imagined it would, it shouted silently, it screamed softly and it called my […] 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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THE MELODIC MISHAP
As I stepped into the assembly hall, the warm glow of the morning sun streaming through the windows seemed to reverberate with the excitement coursing through my veins. It was […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureThe lessons we learn from “letting go”
The first time you ever consciously walk away from something or someone, be it a bad behavior, an unhappy relationship, an unjust system, or a way of life, I think […] More
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THE SHADOWS OF SHIWANG’ANDU
Omniscient Narrator It was a sunny day, and the sky was a brilliant blue, with only a few puffy white clouds drifting lazily across the horizon. The sun shone brightly, […] More
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THE FIRST TIME I FELL IN LOVE
The first time I fell in love – A poem Of course I was nervous. Scared Paid more attention to the feeling we shared Than to the people who […] More
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HOW UGANDA’S BOOK INDUSTRY FARED IN 2020
Greetings Book people and all active and potential readers, What a year that 2020 has been! While the Covid-19 pandemic looms large, writing and book publishing has become one of […] More
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Miria Matembe – the embodiment of 'I said what I said!'
Miria Matembe, that’s a name you will not forget quickly in Ugandan politics since you see in 1986. She’s been around and she’s been loud. Loud without fear or favour. […] More
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A LETTER TO TEJU-COLE
Dear TC, You will permit me to address you by your initials even though i am in no such capacity to familiarize with you given your prowess in the arena […] More
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The ‘Dada’ Effect
There is a dad; it’s “dad” because that’s what his little daughter calls him. Actually, it’s the only thing she has ever called him. To be fair, he had always […] More
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What publishing my poetry has done for me
What makes a poet? Is it the ability to write poems, because if you do not write, how can you be a poet? Is it the ability to orally perform […] More
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NEW EXPERIENCES
Many times before, he had desired to go to places where no one knew him. Probably a place by the ocean, with a dilapidated wooden bench burrowed into by insects […] More
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A Moving Mine
Part 3: The Minerals Vanished, But The Mystery Remained. The miner toured Nala around the site and asked him to come back for a work in the morning. Later that […] More
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Freshwater by Akweake Emezi – Review
Freshwater is one of those books that leaves you thinking hard about the concept of self. Who are you truly and how much control do you have over what this […] More
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