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Writing prompt of the week!
We complain every day about the things our homelands can be. This week, we want to create a wish list that highlights some of these dreams and hopes. Start here: […] More
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Writing prompt of the week!
If you had the chance to write something to your favorite artist, past or present, what would you tell them? This week, we delve into the untold stories we wish […] More
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International Publishing Fellowship: Day 1.6 – LITERARY GOD MOTHER!
Day 1 came to a close too soon. Well, we did have one more session after Nathan’s, a roundtable discussion on marketing, publicity and events with two independent publishers and […] More
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International Publishing Fellowship: Day 1.3 – BUYING AND SELLING BOOK RIGHTS
Last week I shared about our utopic visit to the Penguin Random House headquarters on the morning of day one. Still riding that high, we left PRH and walked to […] More
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BOMA NDILOMWELI
In 2022, or maybe 2023, I watched a certain dance performed by women from Nsanje as they were welcoming their councillor. The song went, “akhansala mwaiwona boma, boma si ili” […] More
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Every Night She Walks Herself Back to a Place She’s Praying to Leave
Between Twilight and Dread It was a warm, slightly balmy night. The kind of night that gives you the urge to just stay outside for as long as you can. […] More
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in Podcasts, Theatre, Writing and Literature#HustleTales Podcast Ep 05: Asiimwe Deborah Kawe of Tebere Arts Foundation
https://muwado.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Deborah-mixdown.mp3 Welcome to the fifth episode of the #HustleTales podcast. With this podcast, we are focusing on telling the stories of African entrepreneurs, the hurdles they have jumped to make […] More
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in Career and Employment, Theatre, Writing and LiteratureToo Early For Birds, Tom Mboya Edition
If you ever asked me as a child what I wanted to be when I grew up, I probably lied to you. I have never looked at myself as someone […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Writing and LiteratureSTILL BORNS AND STILL MOMS: THE PLIGHT OF INFERTILITY LANGUISHING HOMES
On reading this short book by Sheila Ajok Lubangakene, I get to understand more about mental health, marriage and the exclusive details of troubles finding a child in some marriages. […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Writing and LiteratureWet Towel
Another one from the year of the great depression that was 2008! Written in February, 2008 Monday again!! After 25years of cursing the day, one eventually begins to embrace it […] More
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in Writing and LiteratureHow to be a better Idiot.
Remember that guy or girl or whatever variation of human you ran into that day who did or said something that got you thinking “What an idiot?!” Maybe they spoke […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Writing and LiteratureBook Review: The Monologue Diary of a Covid19 Walker
Imagine it’s 2075, and your grandson finally asked you, “How did you survive the Covid19 pandemic?” One of the best answers to this question is, “Read The Monologue Diary of […] More
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in Poetry, Writing and LiteratureResuscitate
In the deep dark waves of the drowning sea where i sit, i see my breath leave me in bubbles, Floating away with the tide. .Suffocated. my time is nigh. […] 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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in Education and Academia, Politics and Government, Writing and LiteraturePart III of Uganda Constitutional development
The 1986 Constitution and its Amendments: A Brief Overview The 1986 Constitution was the seventh constitution of Uganda, which took effect on January 29, 1986. It was promulgated by Yoweri […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Poetry, Writing and LiteratureTHE 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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in Community & Opinion, Events, Writing and LiteratureTHE MUWADO STORYTELLING WEBINARS – CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, POV, NARRATIVE VOICE & DIALOGUE IN STORYTELLING RECAP – ANNE MORAA
Week 2 of the Muwado Commercial Storytelling Webinars happened on Tuesday, 11th March, with Anne Moraa – a Kenyan feminist storyteller, editor and occasional performer with a Master’s degree in […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Environment & Climate, Pets and Animals, Writing and LiteratureCIVIL DISCOURSE: Flora and fauna…or rather, flora vs fauna?
Where do grasshoppers lay their eggs? If the first answer that came to your mind is ‘grass’, UNEB needs to re-mark your PLE science paper. YOU CHEATED!! let’s bathe It’s […] More



















