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Book Review: The Effortless Leader by Pamela Abonyo
We’ve all encountered them—leadership books. The genre is overflowing with advice on how to grow as a leader. However, in the crowded field of leadership literature, The Effortless Leader by Pamela […] More
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Whispers in the Dark
We know the same life; we live the same life. We receive whispers on how things are and then on how they ought to be. These whispers form thoughts that […] More
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Uganda’s Intellectual Giant: The Poet Who Builds Where Others Break
How Philip Matogo is shaping a new literary consciousness through unity, intellect, and the quiet force of poetry. In a literary landscape often fractured by ego, rivalry, and the quiet […] More
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THE MUWADO STORYTELLING WEBINARS – PLOT, PACING, & STRUCTURE IN STORYTELLING RECAP – KAGAYI NGOBI
Week 3 of the Muwado Commercial Storytelling Webinars happened on Tuesday, 18th March, with Kagayi Ngobi – a Ugandan playwright, poet, performer, publisher, and the founding editor of the Kitara […] 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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Write Your Wrongs Campaign – The Winner!
You have written your wrongs and we have read them. In June, the halfway month of the year, we were happy to bring you a competition that would stretch your […] More
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On Skeletons and Tea, Nyachiro Lydia Kasese
[box type=”info” align=”aligncenter” ]This is one of the stories that came out of the Writivism 2014, a project of the Centre for African Cultural Excellence, with the assistance of several partner organisations, which identifies, trains […] More
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UGANDA NOW READY TO TELL HER STORY
The whistle has been blown. The game has started. The steadily swelling crowd of spectators reels in expectation. It is now up to the players to take it on the […] More
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Press Release: Non-Fiction Literary Awards For African Storytellers Resident In Ghana.
MAKEDA PR is pleased to announce two new literary awards; The annual Nana Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Non Fiction by African storytellers resident in Ghana and The Abena Korantemaa […] More
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Writivism Management Interim Statement Regarding Allegations Of Plagiarism Against Redscar Mcodindo K’oyugi
On Saturday October 8, 2016, the Writivism management learnt with great regret, of allegations of serial plagiarism levied against the winner of the first Okot P Bitek Prize for Poetry […] More
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ON HATING PERSONALITIES
It just lay hanging, bare and largely unimpressive, also looking nude and isolated. Like a pendulum swinging between the extremes of being somber and apathetic at either end. The painting […] More
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NOSTALGIA!
I started collecting and memorizing poems for fun when I was a teenager. It was a habit I copied from my brother (now pastor Isaac Waiswa of Christ’s Heart Ministries). […] More
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in Competitions and Challenges, Events, Journalism and Media, Movies and Television, Theatre, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureInternational Images Film Festival for Women 2025 Call for Films
The festival is hosted each year by the Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa (ICAPA) Trust. Founded in 2002, International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF) is an […] More
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The Tales Of Achelo
Episode 3 Edith recounted to me that the day father died, he had visited grandma in her small hut. She told me that he came back rushing and stopped behind […] More
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in Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Events, Journalism and Media, Writing and LiteratureTHE MUWADO STORYTELLING WEBINARS – MEMOIR AND PERSONAL ESSAY IN NON-FICTION STORYTELLING RECAP – NEEMA KOMBA
Week 4 of the Muwado Commercial Storytelling Webinars happened on Tuesday, 25th March, with Neema Komba on the topic: Memoir and Personal Essay in Non-Fiction Storytelling Neema Komba is a poet, […] 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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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Community & Opinion, Finance, Markets and Economics, Politics and Government, Sports and Fitness, Writing and LiteratureHow Rhinos Used Kyambogo Rugby
For weeks those of us who have given time to Kyambogo Rugby Club kept hearing the same quiet rumour. Today, on the first of July, that rumour has hardened into […] More
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