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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 storytellers of trade books […] More
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SPIRITUALITY, TRUE LOVE, IDIOCY AND GREED: A DELVE INTO ZZIWA’S “THE MUCHWEZI, THE FLOWER & THE SUITOR”
According to psychoanalysis, in literary criticism, a storyteller and an artist reflect their work. So, literature itself is a fragment of its sculptor—the artist in this case, however much they […] More
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When Home No Longer Feels Like Home
He had vivid memories of that place as a child, but he wasn’t certain the place remembered him with the same clarity or fondness. He had always known it as […] More
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Dear Winnie
Dear Winnie, I remember you as the 13-year-old girl who enjoyed her English classes. Your hand was always up, waiting with anticipation for Madam Sabila to choose you to read […] More
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Blogging is a powerful marketing tool for SMEs.
But this is unknown or hardly exploited by Kenyan, and indeed, African small and medium enterprises. What comes to the mind of a Kenyan, in particular, when they hear the […] More
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#UgBlogWeek Just Start
These #UgBlogWeek things always catch me unaware. Ok, I lie. Advance notifications are given, pretty posters are designed by Joel Nevender and shared widely, I’m even part of the committee […] More
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DeepSeek Emerges as a Game-Changer in AI
What It Means for Uganda’s Creative Community A new player has entered the arena, in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, promising to shake up the status quo. DeepSeek, […] More
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Prison Militaire de Ndolo: A Place for Sam’s Search for Meaning in Poetry.
One of the most celebrated Poets Robert Frost opined that “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words”, I agree and subscribe to […] More
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My top 5 books that impacted me the most in 2024
From the list books I read, these have had the greatest impact on me. 1. *The compound effect* by Darren Hardy. This book helped me cement the habit of running. […] More
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Everything is silent
Everything is silent. The sound of the clocks’ hands tick as if a pickaxe hitting concrete again. And then, Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. As if digging deeper digging into […] More
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The Soil and the Distant Stars Remember
On Jili, a woman from Gopinath Mohanty’s ‘Paraja’, and what her labour knew She does not appear in any management textbook. She holds no certificate, no designation, no entry in […] More
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The Secret of the Capybara
Long ago, deep in the rainforest, the animals lived in constant tension. The jaguar prowled in the shadows, its fangs sharp, crocodiles stirred at the river’s edge, and even the […] More
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Why I am building the Blue Marble Storytellers House (and What It’s Really For)
Some people build houses. I am building a home for stories. The Blue Marble Storytellers House is not just a property project. It’s not just “a venue.” And it’s not […] More
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Will We Eat the Spider? An Excerpt from HUNGER by Wanja Kavenji.
One particular day, he came home with a cock. He said he had bought it at a throwaway price from a desperate friend, but I still have my suspicions that […] More
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By not reading, we accept to remain behind
Two weeks ago, I went to one of my Makerere University classes with Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, and Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks. Both are old […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Family, Friends and Relationships, Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureEven the Jacaranda Know: A Poem That Tells the Human Story
Some poems whisper, some shout, and some, like Even the Jacaranda Know, calmly tap you on the shoulder and say, “Sit down, breathe, and stop being dramatic.” So, I opened […] 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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