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The Joy of Creativity: Practicing Your Creative Craft with both Discipline and Enjoyment. (DAY 3)
DAY THREE: Space for Yourself This is a 30-Day Exploration of Creativity. A space FOR yourself and Space FOR yourself PLEASE FOLLOW THE REST OF THE SERIES ON MEDIUM – […] More
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Why I write
By VictorTheMuchwezi Why I write? Well, that can only be sumed up in one ridiculous parable. The world I live in is like this, it is one big hall, haunted […] 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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Your Loves Whore
The pendulum swings between numbness and pins and needles, making it hard for her to write. Her eldest tells her she can just speak into a phone and it will […] More
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Unearthing Buried Acholi Legacies in Biographies/Memoirs
The history of Acholi is littered with conflicts that have resulted to endless wars. From the Luo immigration wars to the two-decade Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebellion against the government […] More
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The Kanzu Casuality
There I stood—Ntinda’s unofficial mannequin—draped in a kanzu starched so stiff it could’ve doubled as a coffin. Auntie Carol, armed with a carnation and a grin wider than the Nile, […] More
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Pancake or American Kabalagala
If kabalagala is a Ugandan pancake why isn’t a pancake an American kabalagala? It’s a serious question. No emojis and double exclamation marks or any of the other dikuula punctuation […] More
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BECAUSE NGUGI IS NOT DEAD
I first met Ngugi in this physical body in 2015 in Abeokuta, Nigeria, when I was invited by Wole Soyinka’s daughter-in-law, Lola, to be one of the speakers at the […] More
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Turning the Tables: A Song About ‘Min Oluuku’
A paper by Odoch Pido and Donna Pido Of the Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi [email protected] and [email protected] April 2019, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda […] More
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Event of a Fire
Francine packs her things; frantically, teary-eyed, her hands shaking. She has to leave, she can’t wait, she has to breathe. Smoke creeps in from under the door, the flames will […] More
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Dear Unity
I know I have been very hard, harsh, disrespectful, unappreciative, disloyal, unloving and not good to you at all through the years. I thought to be strong and to show […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Minorities and People with Disabilities, Politics and Government, Public Relations & Press Releases, Writing and LiteratureThe Shifting Sands of Safety: How Refugees Reshaped Bweyale’s Soul
As the sun dips behind Bweyale’s acacia-dotted horizon, the once-lively trading hub along Uganda’s Kampala-Gulu highway hums with unease. The streets, where traders and truckers once swapped stories over roasted […] More
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HOW AM I ABLE TO WRITE PROLIFICALLY AND CONSISTENTLY?
First, God gave me Knowledge, wisdom, understanding and insights, as well as the gift of writing and making sure that I do so prolifically without fear or favour with God […] More
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SLOW DEATH
I It is a normal day in the dusty streets of the small rural town of Ingwavuma as eonian litter and eye-poking dust fly in the air behind a speeding […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Photography, Poetry, Theatre, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureWHY THE ART INDUSTRY MIGHT NOT GROW IN MALAWI
It will take a very long time for the arts industry to grow in Malawi. There are several reasons why the growth of the arts sector continues to be held […] More
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Pachinko and the languages in which we remain visitors
For so long, I have thought about the anomalous situation many of us find ourselves in. I am a Mukiga, born to a Mukiga father from Kigezi, whose family relocated […] More
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The two faces of the Ugandan women
Last week, I was invited to attend a workshop on artificial intelligence (AI), a space where experts and professionals discussed how AI is transforming the dynamics of work. That same […] More
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Publishers, Authors & Booksellers, let’s talk about market research.
How can we predict book sales if we don’t have solid data on what genres are selling and where? In the West, publishers can rely on platforms like The Bookseller […] More
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