[AnthonyEX]

Ill be there, but Im afraid I dont have a lot of the hip young runescape cats usernames or anything. Perhaps people can sign on to our lil chat channel at the same time? Might make coordination a bit easier.

[AnthonyEX]

Its interesting that we have a number of people on a site like this that kind of cringe at PETA Im another.

I cant help you with the book, though, Ive never read it, or heard of the author.

[Homernus]

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[Gloria]

For AfCFTA…what would you do differently if you were in charge?

[Gloria]

Chisos, were do you find the time to do all these things? Show me your ways master. Seriously. So, I’m in tech and you my friend have done the things!!! Why did you leave google and YouTube? And how do you feel about big tech entering the continent…wont it spoil local innovation?

[AfricanYouth]

Interesting platform this. Agbeko, how are you brother. Thanks for all the impressive work you are doing for the continent. As one of us youth that is observing the Afcfta developments, what are the biggest barriers holding it back and are the youth actively being considerd in decisions made or the old men are prioritising themselves first as usual.

[Nakato]

Hello Mr Emmanuel…you have a very nice smile.

Two questions…when is the african passport coming and what does it actually mean?

When are we getting visa free travel around the continent?

[Opio]

And maybe more specific to podcasting, you curate an entire festival and even advise google on podcasts…I want to be like you when I grow up…hehe. The real question is what you’ve observed about the indstry from your vantage point and if it can be a career on the continent.

When does the festival happen and where?

[Opio]

Hey Gamor. Greetings from Kenya here. And thanks for trying to break down the AfCFTA for us youth. I see you are also into content creation. Ours hasn’t been the the most sustainable of sectors and I was wondering if you have any thoughts on how artists and creatives can take advantage of the free trade agreements to grow the sector.

[James Kato]

Hi Gamor. Impressive CV you have there. And thanks for this conversation. I personally feel there’s so much I still don’t know about the AfCFTA. For context, how close do you think the agreement can get us to the United States of Africa, or whatever we choose to call it…

[James Kato]

Debbie, you are a very fantastic talented woman. If you are single, I have ready cows. Heh. For my question, I’d like to know what kind of cinema you watch. What are some of the movies and series you have been enjoying recently. What about them drew you in? Do you find yourself watching more local cinema or international?

[Amoti]

Happy to participate in this. What have been your lowest moments in your acting career? And some of the things you do not like about the industry

[Ninsiima]

Hi Debbie.You are even a writer! Wow. For screen or other kinds of writing? Where can I read some of your work?

[James Kato]

Nice. Will look for the play and I can’t wait for these novels when they come out.

[Bruce]

Another one, where do you hope you acting career will be in say 10 years? Are you planning a move to hollywood or the other established woods or are you committed to growing with the Ugandan movie industry?

[Bruce]

Hey hey. Glad to be part of this chat. How have you found the acting profession in Uganda? Is it something you can do full time?

[Nyambura]

Oooo, another one. I’ll stop here before I dominate the conversation…hehe. What has been your favourite character to play and why? OK, that’s all for now.

[Nyambura]

Related, in your acting career, what has been your most challenging character to play and why?

[Nyambura]

Hey hey, another lovely guest for the kaboozi, thx Muwado. Hi Debbie. I have only managed to watch a few episodes of Mama & Me because of time but I’ll catch up soon. But even from the little I’ve watched, I’m so here for your character. My question has to do with prep, how did you get into the mindset to play the part so well?

[Nyambura]

Thanks Muwado for always bringing interesting people for kaboozi. Dilman, happy to discover you and your work. I see you are on patreon and credit it for getting some of your ideas funded. I’ve been thinking of joining but I have doubts I will manage to attract pateons. Can you share about your experience there. Are there patreons from Africa? What was your strategy? Does it bring in enough for one to keep on dedicating time to it?

[Olamide Feli]

Dilman, I greet you. I’m interested in knowing what other talents or passions you have beside writing and film making. How do you spend your free time? What books have you been reading? What series are you following? Are you single…lol? Play any sports? I see you travel alot, favourite destinations…dream destinations?

[Kakembo A]

Dilman, you inspire me. I see you upload all your videos to youtube…how do you make money from the movies if you are uloading them for free viewing.. Does youtube pay enough to recover costs?

[Josh Mwesi]

Oh, related to my first question, what’s your work, family, friends balance like considering how busy it seems you are?

[Josh Mwesi]

Says we can leave questions before starting time so let me drop min. Hi Dilman. That’s an impressive CV you have there. How do you find the time o do all this? Are you creating full time or do you have a job? And if it’s full time, when did you become sustainable enough to dedicate all your hours to creating content.

[Josh Mwesi]

Hope I am not too late for this. Uncle Mo how easy was it convinving the parents to allow you to pursue this career. You know how our african parents can be about creative careers??

[Silas Sanyu]

One more from me, you seem like a chill guy that looks on the lighter side of life but what are the things that really piss you off. Like when was the last time you were mad and what caused it?

[Silas Sanyu]

Elo elo. Me I just wanna know what funny thoughts have crossed your mind today.

[Nancy]

Also, what’s you favourite joke youve written? Which comedians do you look up to internationally and locally.

[Odoki John]

Uncle Mo, vele happy to be chatting with you here. As someone interested in giving this YouTube a try once I have colected the confidence, have you always been comfortable in front of audiences. ALso, your videos are very high quality…are you earning from them yet. How do you fund the production

[Nyambura]

Uncle MOOOOOO…huge fan from Kenya here. Will your YouTube content ever cross borders to cover issues in the region and the rest of Africa. Seeing as you are already being compared to Treveor Noah, might as well, yes?

[Roger]

Does he still do auto mechanics works??

[Aloysius Kisitu]

Hey guys, sorry for my late submission but its never too late,the Kintu and Nambi story was tremendous work from The Muchwezi,I appreciate. Thanks to Suzan who kept me posted with the Kintu n Nambi story that has kept me company throughout the week. My question is, do you have plans of covering stories of other regions like the north. Stories like Gipiri and Labongo other than the Bantu stories?

Thank you.

[The Muchwezi]

@Aloysius matter of fact, we do. It’s our dream to cover all stories from each region of Uganda

[Nakato]

How did you all know each other and get to writing together? And where can I read your individual works?

[Nakato]

Hello. Apart from the versions of these tales and the Kintu one in particular taught in school and passed on orally, what other sources are you using for research to flesh out the stories?

[Pius]

Any other writers or groups tackling other African stories in a manner similar to yours that you know of and we can check out?

[Pius]

Is this still happening? Thanks for then import work you are doing to retell these folklore. What were your biggest takeaways on the characters and the motivation for their actions?

[Agaba Brenda]

Hi. What books/writers do you look up to for inspiration? What have you been reading lately?

[The Muchwezi]

Of late, Mugabe has been strict on nailing the next tale. The goal is to go for a psychological thriller kind of take on The story of Kintu and his sons… So the books we’ve been focused on are of that kind

Lately it’s been The silent patient By Alex Machiledes and Sharp objects by Gillian Flynn

[Tukei]

Nice work guys…keep it up…
So the muchwezi .. are the stories your writing based only on the Bantu history…or your doing a Ugandan based thing??

[James K.]

The kintu series was well written. Which folklore will you be tackling next?

[Baale]

Learnt about theMuchwezi today. What you guys did with the Kintu tale is impressive. What about this story drew you to retelling it this way?

[Nancy]

Hi TheMuchwezi. Interesting choice of name. Why TheMuchwezi? And who are the group members?

[masembe Robert]

Africa Africa Africa
Why wars with out profit
Killing innocent people
Women and children
Die and a few benefit
From their lost lives

Orphans suffer on the streets
No one to help them
They cry day and night
Tears dry
Those who get help
Pray everyday
Coz they work for meals
Orphanage schools
Full of children with parents
Where can orPhantom stay

Economies collapse
They don’t mind
Because they fight for a few
While many are dying
What kind of hearts
Do they have.

NB:Africans,think of a better Africa for the generations to come but not personal benefit
Does it make sense when many die and afew get to hidesacks of money in their mansions??
Let’s struggle for a better Africa.

Africa unite.

[The Critics]

Thank you for having us, we had an awesome time with ya’all and hope to be back some day. We’re active across most social media platforms. You can reach us here
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[email protected] for mails and
+2348098732366 for calls and WhatsApp

[Caleb]

You always mention how you learnt video making from youtube. That’s very selfdriven. How do you choose which stories to shoot and how do you brain storm the scripts and story flow?

[The critics]

Hi Caleb, the stories we choose to shoot are usually decided by the team and are inspired by a lot of things, music, movies, environment, stories, news and all, brainstorming and the story flow is usually a collective effort of members of the team.

[Caleb]

what is being international celebrities when you are still in school

[The critics]

Hi Caleb, for some reason we don’t consider ourselves international celebrities, we know a lot of people are watching but things feel sort of normal at times, it’s overwhelming a little bit but its cool.

[Jaonita]

Hello Critics. What kind of African parents do you have that allow you to get away with this, eh?

My own mother burned my notebook when she found me writing a very inspired romantic novel because time wasting. I have never recovered…

chei!!!

[The critics]

Hi joanita, our parents are mildly supportive, sorry about the notebook, I can relate to it because at a certain point, I used to draw in a notebook and I was up at night, my mom found out, then she collected the book, burnt it and threw it away, we’ve been quite persistent and resilient, stubborn is the word they’ll call it here, but it paid off eventually.

[Abbias]

This is very innovative. I hope you are planning to stay in school till you have finished. I see a lot of the young generation thinking talent is enough and dropping out of school. Finishing school is important.

[The critics]

Hello abbias, thank you very much, its being hard blending school and what we do, but we believe education is important, and we’re doing our very best to keep on.

[Fatuma]

CriticsO..Hehe. I need to stop adding O to everything when interacting with Nigerians.lol
Anway i wanted to know how u even started this project. How many are you…how do you know each other…why are you making movies instead of doing your homework…lol…I wish I was like you when I a teenager.

[The critics]

Hi fatuma, we started this close to 7 Years ago, we were originally 5 and we were all cousins, we are now 10 and majority of us are related, we started by acting dramatic plays in wrappers, shooting with our phones and it grew from that to where we are now. we are actually making movies and doing our homeworks too, lol

[Irungu]

Have we started?

If they are cool with sharing, I’d like to know what project they are working on with the money they raised with Kemi Adetiba….I was impressed with Z and have FOMO for this project!!!!!

[The critics]

Hello irungu, our projects in works are confidential, and the fundraiser Kemi Adetiba helped us with was to actually get better equipments to help us make better content

[Roy J]

Hi Critics. I learnt about you from the announcement about this session and your story is nothing short of inspiring. You remind me of Nas X who also became a star through social media. He was very intentional about self promotion on social media till Old Town Road blew up. Reading about your story, I couldn’t help but wonder, did you intend to go viral on social media when you started this? Were you strategic about the process or was it just you doing something you love and going viral accidentally?

[The critics]

Hello Roy J, thank you very much, funfact is Lil nas commented on a video of ours on YouTube, we wanted to actually go viral at least in our country because we sort of felt our work deserved it, it never went as we planned tho, there wasn’t a really serious strategy, what we did was just actually jump on any thing that’s trending that we could jump on and we gave up on that at times, we just created our works and when it was time to go viral it just happened

[Nakato]

Leaders and rich people. I remember something about Dangote having one. I guess we wait then. Thanks for the response

[Nakato]

Don’t know if you are still responding to questions but that last part wasn’t clear. Is there a roll out plan for these passports for us poor non leaders? How much power will the passport actually have over the national ones? Can I stay anywhere on the continent indefinetly if i have one?

[The critics]

Hello everyone, good morning from Nigeria.

[Auma Rita]

Hahahaha I hadn’t planned for it to continue but I have had a lot of requests for Nana 3. So let me convince my creative genius to get on board.

[AfricanYouth]

The report it is then. Let me take a dive into it and then see which officials from my country to engage. Asante bwana

[Opio]

Thanks for the response. Started on your podcast over the weekend and it’s excellent. I’ll be following the African Podacst Festival and KukuZa for more developments.

[Opio]

Ok, thank you so much for all you have shared. this has been very informative.

[Gloria]

Thanks Emmanuel

[Gloria]

Cool, i have subscribed to unpacking africa so let me wait for updates. I will listen in to the podcast too.

[Gloria]

I understand. Best of luck to the team then and let me try and be like you and do my part.

[Gloria]

As we say here…emama. Has the electricity in Ghana become stable? Have you considered going back to big tech…especially now that they are coming here to set up shop or invest in our startups? I saw that you are advising google podcast now. Emama. How was the work culture there? What do you miss the most about it? What underground African start ups are giving you excitement? Ok, let me stop questioning now lol

[AfricanYouth]

Very important question this. How do we remove classism from this process? I know the lord gives those that already have but are there efforts to make this process equal opportunity?

[AfricanYouth]

Alright alright. Very encouraging words brother. I’ll set aside time for that report. But what you said about production capacity standpoint isn’t sitting well with me. The robotics and automation wave is coming first which means we might have to leapfrog that oldschool industrialisation that China went through. What happens to us then? I get the opportunity is presents by opening borders but are there any policy proposals in that structure actively creating an conducive environment for innovation and entrepreneurship that you might know of?

[Amoti]

Me let me ask something similar, what have been your favorite projects to work on, What made you enjoy them that much?

[Ninsiima]

Yeah, the number of movies from around is definitely increasing and so is the quality of production. What are your all time top 5 favs movies in local movies

[Josh Mwesi]

A focused man. I like. On a side note, does anyone going around calling you machanica wange? lol

[Josh Mwesi]

I thought the same thing when I first saw before and after pictures which must mean I should also start my career in comedy lol.

[Silas Sanyu]

Did you study engineering or you just found yourself with the love of taking cars about? Related, do you get much inspiration from the kaboozi in the garage. I imagine it must be as lit boda boda stage kb hehe

[Nancy]

Tx for organising this Muwado. Uncle Mo (btw y Uncle. Why not Dzaddy Mo lol), you are such an inspiration. So, what made you decide to start the youtube channle? Let me guess, covid boredoom lol

[Nyambura]

Mob love to you too and thanks for response. We are many fans here. Looking forward to when you start mentioning our issues 🙂

[Pius]

I like this answer. Seeing how petty the gods in your tales are, what are your various thoughts on religion and gods?

[The Muchwezi]

@Agaba Brenda. Thank you ?. Much as most of the stories about the bachwezi have been scary, as I grew up, I some how found them fascinating. Legends based on them always enveloped in a lot of mystery and energy. It’s exciting. ?…

As regards to African spirituality, it is something that is a part of our history. Denying it is as good as denying the existence of our ancestors. Rather than being ignored, it should be further explored and in some cases, embraced

[Agaba Brenda]

Interesting. And the original bachwezi themselves, what do you think of the legend about them. And some of more scarier ones about them haunting people. What do you think about African spirituality based on these folklore you are exploring?

[James K.]

What challenges do you face writing as a group? And how do you keep the prose and continuity flowing? I imagine that was hard…

[The critics]

Hello Vihamba, thank you for the kind words, some of our most memorable challenges came while we shot Z : The beginning, it was our biggest project at the time, the phone we used to shoot Got seized frequently during production, at a certain point we had to beg for the phone from parents to shoot, which represents our first major challenge lack of equipments, the second is Mobility and accessibility to amenities like Internet, electricity and sometimes transportation, the third one was that we had help some people around us, we learnt to work with what we had but we still couldn’t get some things we wanted to get done because we didnt have any money to pull stuff like that off.

[The critics]

Hello Alex, thank you, we’re making money and more to come lol, well our advice is money shouldn’t be the motive of wanting to joining the industry, be creative, hardworking, money would come.

[The critics]

Hello Roland, it is true some Hollywood personalities know of our existence , it is actually surprising for us, because we never ever thought our work would catch the eyes of top celebrities like that, for now information’s on the second question are confidential.

[Auma Rita]

With time I have been able to know when I am about to shut down or relapse. I have a relapse chart where I monitor how I am or if I am coping.
I also have accountability partners who have been able to monitor and sometimes tell when I am about to reach a relapse stage. They basically avail themselves if I need them.
I am learning how to manage social anxiety because that’s what the book and Netya Spaces is pushing me towards. People yet I am very introverted.
Helping people also gives me purpose. Especially with my anger. It’s directed at making sure no one goes through a dark void without help or succumbs to suicide while on their journey.

[Auma Rita]

It’s hard to attain perfection in any society but progress is always a step in the right direction.

[Auma Rita]

Yes, Hopefully a whole franchise of them.

[Auma Rita]

Sarah Jakes Roberts
Elizabeth Gilbert
Paulo Choelho
Currently C.W Lewis May influence a lot of my writing this year.

[Auma Rita]

I have had to adjust my expectations and want to achieve more.
Learn and unlearn more,
Create more; books, movies, vlogs.

[Auma Rita]

Yes I fact that’s why Netya Spaces was started. To show people like me that we can flip the coin and focus on the positives as we believe in a healed version of us.
Personally because I “over think” I am able to come up with out of the box solutions to a crisis.
I am great at researching because my mind tends to want to not let things go until it’s convinced.
I am a creative writer because I have moments where my feelings are too much. I normally transfer them to paper as an outlet.
I love learning because my brain cannot be bored. It hates that but loves new information. Just this year I think I have done 2 masterminds and a course despite the mental health issues, the accident and adulting.
Most people like me are actually genius but we try to oppress that side of them by putting them in a box Because they do not fit our narrative.

[Auma Rita]

The employment laws are equally oppressive because most people do not consider it as a disease so employees do not have the benefit to sick leave because of let’s say a manic depressive episode.
Most times they are just tagged as lazy and thus loose their jobs or are totally thrown out of the system because they give up. All odds are against them.

[Auma Rita]

Oh yes!
Suicide is referred to as a crime in the penal code and treated as such in Uganda. Our law gives it such a negative connotation even in the way they describe people not in their right state of mind.
They are referred to as idiots, imbeciles e.t.c
When I look at the insurance law policies mental health is greatly not considered and they will not take accountability for situations where one attempts to commit suicide or even provide medical options for the same.
No body wakes up and takes their life for fun. Suicide is the last stage to mental illness which is the disease greatly affecting our generation.

[Auma Rita]

The title came to me during the writing process. I knew what I wanted to create in terms of the content especially the bit of writing to myself but I really had no title for a while.

[Auma Rita]

God told me to write a book about my life journey.

[Auma Rita]

I finished it in 3 months because it was my only coping mechanism. I had something to do while I tried to fix my life. Also I needed my loved ones to have an explanation if I had taken my life after.

[Auma Rita]

Well I did not know I was sick for twelve years because I did not have information about the illness. If I did know I am a bit certain I would have gotten help earlier because I wouldn’t have wanted to be in such a dark void for such a long time with symptoms that could have been managed.

[Auma Rita]

“I always knew she was mad”
“Lol I can’t believe she is using this as an excuse for her past actions”
“ You are just being defensive.”
Basically anything that is said that makes my symptoms who I am as a person.
Well if other things are said they are not to my face.

[Auma Rita]

Well the acceptance stage did not just affect me but had a ripple effect to my friends and family. It was hard for all of them to understand yet I felt like I needed them to get on board as fast as they could so that they could support me. Some insensitive things were said but I got to a point where I knew I had to forgive them for they didn’t know what that were doing. It took me 12 years to kind of grasp what was going on so I needed to be patient with them too.
I would say I am now in a space where they understand. So I am positively being treated differently .

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