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in Identity & Culture, Movies and Television, Writing and Literature365 Days and the ladies who would like to be kidnapped
There is this meme that has been making rounds on social media. There is a picture of a woman crying and then the words “Me when I remember that no […] More
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in Podcasts, Writing and Literature#HustleTales Podcast Ep 12: Keikantse and Kenanao Phele – Co-founders of The Gaborone Book Festival Trust (GBF)
Welcome to the twelfth episode of the #HustleTales podcast. With this podcast, we are focusing on telling the stories of African entrepreneurs and professionals, the hurdles they have jumped […] 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 History & Heritage, Religion and Spirituality, Writing and LiteratureBook review: The Life and Legacy of Lapwony Micheal Ocan as told by Family and Friends
I was not fortunate to meet the late ‘Lapwony’ Ocan but having read the anthology of tributes; The Life and Legacy of Lapwony Micheal Ocan as told by Family and […] More
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in Comedy and Satire, Politics and Government, Writing and LiteratureOUR PARLIAMENT
I asked different creative storytellers to write about our parliament in their own way, their own style. This is what they wrote. Baz Sempebwa (Ernest Bazanye) Abiriga farts. You know he […] More
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in Identity & Culture, Writing and LiteratureThe Clown
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in Fiction, Writing and LiteratureGipiir and Labongo #3
Fun Fact; During an Acholi Introduction ceremony, the groom and his representatives are required to get on their hands and knees as a sign of respect and crawl to the […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Writing and LiteratureThe Slow Fade of Friendship
He remembered that last week with such clarity because it played so frequently in his memory that he could accurately map out every detail of what happened, even the things […] More
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in Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureOctopus mind
I don’t know how often this happens to you but have you ever had a plan to do something, then along the way you come up with another plan to […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Family, Friends and Relationships, Fiction, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Religion and Spirituality, Writing and LiteratureATYAP: A fair fight.
Two more seconds and poor Umar would have soiled his clothes with the watery mess of bad beans he had eaten for lunch. He dashed across the grass fields of […] More
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in Writing and LiteratureA MEDLEY of EMOTIONS: IS THIS WHAT WE CALL THE “KATOGO” OF WRITING?
I googled what a “medley” means: many times, people say medley rhymes with melody due to the musicality you find in both the intonation of words. However, there is also […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Fiction, Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Music and Dance, Podcasts, Travel and Adventure, Writing and Literature#HustleTales Podcast Ep 09: Shadreck Chikoti – Story Club FM and Malawi’s Creative Economy
Welcome to the ninth episode of the #HustleTales podcast. With this podcast, we are focusing on telling the stories of African entrepreneurs and professionals, the hurdles they have jumped […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Fiction, Writing and LiteratureA Question of Underwear, Gwendolene Mugodi
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THE 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 Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Movies and Television, Visual Art, Writing and Literature#MuwadoSADCtour Stories from Zimbabwe
As part of the #MuwadoSADCtour, we are meeting up with storytellers and ordinary people to get their creative journeys and life stories. We are a platform of stories so […] More
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in Education and Academia, Law, Crime and Justice, Writing and LiteratureTheories of Law
Theories of Law Law is a fundamental aspect of human society, but what is law and how can we understand it? Different theories of law have different answers to these […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Writing and LiteratureVee
The last person I’d lost was my grandmother in 2019. Her death meant a lot; smiling during the day and crying throughout the night, wondering what life is and almost […] 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
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in Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureA 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



















