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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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LEARNING TO DIE, ESCAPING THE HOUR: LOVE AND PAIN
I am starting this story differently; I am choosing to start it with an incident that is inscribed on my heart like a fresh wound—a dinner date with my new […] More
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Just another chapter
As I closed my eyes, a peculiar sensation engulfed me, as though I were being swept away by an invisible current through the river of time. The world around me […] 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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How Flame And Song came to East Africa: Part Three
March 2015 My time in Cape Town is coming to an end. Mixed emotions. Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa drops by to check on me. We sit outside Colleen’s house. Under the […] More
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The Tales of Achelo – Episode 3
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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The Meat Market
The sizzle of flesh, the hunger in the eyes. It’s a primal scene, as old as time. But in this modern age, the meat market has taken on a sinister […] More
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THE SHADOWS OF SHIWANG’ANDU
Omniscient Narrator It was a sunny day, and the sky was a brilliant blue, with only a few puffy white clouds drifting lazily across the horizon. The sun shone brightly, […] 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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#LettersWeNeverSent Competition Winners, and Thank You!!
THANK YOU; ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THE “LETTERS WE NEVER SENT” COMPETITION There is a certain beauty in existence that one cannot fathom unless they took a peek through a telescope. […] 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 Tales of Achelo – Episode 5
Episode 5 Though I knew it was only a word of comfort, I believed it anyway. Mother held both of my hands, bent and gave me a kissed on the […] 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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Beautyful Problems” – Matsiko Godwin – The Blurb
“Every book is a journey, a map into the complexities of the human mind and soul.” Beautyful Problems is a triumph of storytelling that feels tailor-made for our era. Matsiko […] More
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Ten years ago: a letter that was never sent
Ten years ago Do you remember me? I loved you in high school. Not loudly. Not boldly. I loved you the way girls love when they are still learning what […] More
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