Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | Oweyegha Afunaduula | Activity https://muwado.com/members/oweyeghaafunaduula/activity/ Activity feed for Oweyegha Afunaduula. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:28:00 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 554dc2bc3591b5ecefb61319e65c430f Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=58592 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:03:35 +0300 PROFESSORS OUTSIDE DISCIPLINARY ENCLAVES IN UNIVERSITIES – From Fragmentation to Integration: Reimagining the Professor for the 21st Century and Beyond. Abstract    This article argues for a fundamental reimagining of the professoriate in response to the crisis of disciplinary fragmentation that has d […]

]]> d9196af52419f3765fb3df1ccef6ce52 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=57987 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:50:41 +0300 UGANDA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS, THE CRAZE FOR MONEY AND THE DESPERATE FLOCK Introduction On the surface, Uganda presents itself as one of the most spiritually vibrant nations on earth. Churches and mosques overflow with worshippers […]

]]> 5fa504f6abdbb229204b2029b7b3be56 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=57723 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:41:25 +0300 THE MIND REVOLUTIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY: A MANIFESTO FOR A NEW EPISTEME Abstract   This Manifesto proposes that the 21st century is witnessing a constellation of profound “mind revolutions”—fundamental shifts in how we pe […]

]]> 391a7e6ffde2b6dd3499ab3d43049e0d Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=57126 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:18:54 +0300 REPHILOSOPHISING KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION FOR INTEGRATION: A Manifesto for Resurrecting the Whole in an Age of Fragmentation Abstract   The reported abolition of the Department of Philosophy at Makerere University is not merely an administrative decision—it is a symbolic am […]

]]> b2906e76777ab5a6aeb73c75db9c1a28 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=56871 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:25:38 +0300 TOWARDS A NEW NATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN THE 21st CENTURY AND BEYOND Abstract The 21st century presents humanity with an unprecedented convergence of crises: climate disruption, biodiversity collapse, geopolitical […]

]]> a578f403eb2afc6cf5f2fa17fd1c75f2 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=56679 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:46:22 +0300 DEFENDING THE HUMANITIES: COMEDY AND MUSIC AS WEAPONS OF MASS LIBERATION Abstract This article posits that comedy and music are not ephemeral entertainments but foundational instruments of holistic liberation. Drawing on the […]

]]> 9b4bb95aef19b18541a10ee5b33a1e8a Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=56222 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:45:06 +0300 TRANSITING FROM UNIVERSITY TO TEAM SCIENCES LEARNING CENTER TOWARD THE 22nd CENTURY: AVOIDING THE TIMBUKTU PHENOMENON AbstractThis article critically examines the trajectory of the university as an institution of higher learning, arguing that its current disciplinary and […]

]]> 70b4ebed468678b6364c8fdf1a16c30f Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=56048 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:11:28 +0300 KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION TOWARDS THE 22ND CENTURY AND BEYOND: FROM "PUBLISH OR PERISH" TO "INTEGRATE OR PERISH" The Core Message “Publish or Perish” fragments knowledge, erodes complexity, and alienates universities from society. “Integrate or Perish” synthesises […]

]]> e96e61c802d6528aefc7f4007598c461 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55893 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:30:05 +0300 UGANDA'S BELATED CHOICE OF SOLAR – THE POOR MAN'S ENERGY SOURCE – AND SOLAR-POWERED IRRIGATION By Oweyegha-Afunaduula, F.C.Co‑founder, Save Bujagali Crusade (SBC) &Former energy & environment advisor to civil societyCenter for Critical Thinking and A […]

]]> 7fa263ecd5d9cf1b98339a5ad751be8a Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55854 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:10:05 +0300 CULTIVATING NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES IN UGANDA THROUGH INSTITUTIONALIZING AND POPULARIZING THE 4 -DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK AbstractUganda has lost 2.5 m Hectares of Forest cover since 1990, yet rural poverty is still 20 %. Why? Because we manage our environment in 4 broken pillars […]

]]> b5af91a2f09ff01c5c0afcb73bc381b0 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55620 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:50:54 +0300 The Influence of AI on Higher Education Towards the 22nd Century and Beyond: From Disciplinary Dinosaurs to Transdisciplinary Ecosystems AbstractMuch has been written about artificial intelligence in higher education—its affordances and its perils. This article does not rehearse those d […]

]]> db2fedc4b9cf8e8cbc690e801eb928ee Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55560 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:05 +0300 ALL THEORIES CAST IN NARROW CONFINES NEED RETHINKING WITHIN THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” — Aristotle, Metaphysics“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created […]

]]> bd7e38d8bcc8147ae32402129b1e9897 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55472 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:35:06 +0300 Enforcing Ugandans onto the Fateful Path of Maoris, Aboriginals and Red Indians: A Comparative Study of Colonisation-by-Proxy and the Instrumentalisation of Law, Policy, and Knowledge Abstract:This article examines the hypothesis that post-1986 Uganda is being deliberately steered toward the same demographic, cultural, and ecological fate […]

]]> 727904dac0153ed6ca2d4ae61be81bab Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55343 Thu, 28 May 2026 16:20:05 +0300 BEYOND SCOPE DOES NOT EXIST: A MANIFESTO FOR AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD AND THE CASE FOR THE EXTRAVERSITY For decades, we have been told to stay in our lanes. Scholars, analysts, policymakers, and professionals have hidden behind a convenient shield: “That is […]

]]> e51366597a7dc577cbe44d961e3896db Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55245 Mon, 25 May 2026 09:15:06 +0300 Biological Deserts: How Uganda's Tree-Planting Programmes Continue to Erase Natural Forests and Associated Traditional Ecological Knowledge AbstractThis article critically examines Uganda’s contemporary tree‑planting programmes, arguing that despite ostensibly “green” rhetoric they acceler […]

]]> 47d5e65702b5f0b517077d8ac926ce09 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=55098 Tue, 19 May 2026 23:00:05 +0300 THE CREEPING FOOD CRISIS IN BUSOGA, UGANDA: AN ENVIRONMENTALIST'S CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND THE CASE FOR RESTORING FOREST-LIKE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AbstractThis article presents a multidimensional environmentalist critique of the escalating food crisis in Uganda’s Busoga sub-region. Drawing on […]

]]> 477aef35cde108513445344b12d18590 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54957 Thu, 14 May 2026 15:14:05 +0300 HOW THE BIOTIC RIGHTS OF SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS ARE VIOLATED IN UGANDA ABSTRACT This article examines the philosophical foundations and empirical violations of biotic rights—the inherent rights of non-human species and e […]

]]> 754ef38d93c539d1bad9a459aa76167c Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54763 Wed, 06 May 2026 05:03:43 +0300 Why Uganda Needs the Old and Elderly towards the 22nd Century: Safeguarding Ecological Identity Against the Politics of Interests Abstract As Uganda commemorates the 60th anniversary of its formation from 15 ancient traditional nations on 9th October 2026, this article argues that the […]

]]> 0ba4a4e8cfcf8ead98399289520cea83 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54625 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:06:45 +0300 In Defense of the Arts, Social Sciences, Philosophy, and the Team Sciences: A Manifesto for a New Higher Education in the 21st Century and Beyond Introduction The 21st century, now a quarter complete, is increasingly defined by its unprecedented complexities, its wicked problems, and the meteoric […]

]]> 0c0d6c53c5798cdf69753b829e58bf5b Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54416 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:04:05 +0300 Critical Comparative Analysis of the Resource Conflicts of the 1990s and 2020s in Uganda Abstract This paper conducts a critical comparative analysis (CCA) of resource conflicts in Uganda during the 1990s and 2020s. It argues that both periods […]

]]> c2791b5ed6053a8ee246921d88fdaeff Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54368 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:52:55 +0300 The Weaponisation of Education Against the Indigenous Peoples of Uganda Introduction Education is universally championed as a tool for liberation, a pathway out of poverty, and a cornerstone of modern state-building. For the […]

]]> bd86704cb55db28dbb2a2c9bf9ad2c3a Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54238 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:42:57 +0300 Beyond the Disciplinary University: Towards Interversity and Transversity in Africa Abstract The contemporary African university remains a colonial inheritance built on rigid disciplines, siloed knowledge, and the myth of value-free […]

]]> 6b1bb3b9c0814e63b5da18c47c9e16d9 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54171 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:26:09 +0300 Growth Rings of the Savannah: How a Forgotten 1982 Study in Kenya Can Help Save Uganda's Wildlife Habitats I, Oweyegha-Afunaduula, was the first to use dendrochronology in East and Central Africa, and most likely all Africa South of the Sahara, 44 years ago. I call […]

]]> c513b6187467bdb02765724583aa40da Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54107 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:01:49 +0300 The Sterile Pursuit of Money Wealth: Uganda's Natural Wealth in Peril Abstract This article posits that the contemporary pursuit of money wealth, driven by a narrow, economistic mindset, is fundamentally “sterile”—it creates e […]

]]> e66389e58d5d9f0fcb397a0a3bccb0be Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54069 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:15:13 +0300 MONEY – THE ULTIMATE CONQUEROR, CAPTOR AND DESTROYER OF UGANDA'S CULTURAL GROUPS Abstract This article argues that in contemporary Uganda, money has been transformed from a neutral medium of exchange into a potent political and cultural […]

]]> 5f768af7242033e77c0d1c66711c5f92 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53746 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:36:00 +0300 The Old and New Cultural Vandalism in the Indigenous Nations of Uganda Introduction: Understanding Traditional Culture and Cultural Practices Culture constitutes the foundational fabric of any society—the shared beliefs, v […]

]]> fb6a8d89a057dd2ffd2f13ed08360907 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53666 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:47:11 +0300 From Doomsday in the USA by 2028 to Boomsday by 2050 in Uganda: Embracing Extradisciplinary Science and AI-Driven Education As the United States grapples with the impending AI-driven job market disruption, Uganda sees an opportunity to leapfrog into a prosperous future. By […]

]]> 46cc05fddb7ceb471c7487b69ac408cf Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53516 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:35:50 +0300 From Civilisation to De-Civilisation: The Unmaking of a Nation-State in Uganda, 1894 to Present Introduction   The concept of civilisation is neither static nor unidirectional. It implies a progressive movement toward social arrangements that […]

]]> 08b84f9f6aca520c491a1eabf41c7548 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53364 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:48 +0300 Why Uganda Needs the Arts and Social Sciences Towards the 22nd Century: Reclaiming Integrated Knowledge Introduction  A dangerous and short-sighted intellectual apartheid is being engineered in Uganda today. The NRM regime, with President Tibuhaburwa […]

]]> d8371650b6f2633417bc5b92d29bdf72 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53223 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:28:12 +0300 FORCED BRAIN DRAIN AND THE LOYALTISATION OF UGANDA'S INSTITUTIONS: THE EROSION OF PROFESSIONALISM AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Abstract   This article examines the systemic transformation of Uganda’s public institutions through a process of “loyaltisation,” where allegiance to th […]

]]> 8825d83fd0052e19b4518e261a9e1389 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=53028 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:50:53 +0300 UGANDA: PREPARING AND ASSESSING LEARNERS AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION FOR THE PAST, NOT THE FUTURE. Introduction In an era defined by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where the Internet, Social Media, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are reshaping every […]

]]> 1d17aac4afa692ca0f9c8aa373bc1e73 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52954 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:18:54 +0300 THE VANISHING SANCTUARY: UNRAVELLING THE COLLAPSE OF GENUINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN 21ST CENTURY UGANDA. Introduction: The Essence and Erosion of Conservation Environmental conservation is, at its heart, a philosophy and practice of sustaining the diversity, […]

]]> cdb671bbde502d5c6a9bd4c41cc7f5be Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52856 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:47:03 +0300 RECLAIMING THE FUTURE OF UGANDA: THE PRAXIS OF INTELLECTUAL LIBERATION A Manifesto for a New Liberation in the 21st Century and Beyond   Introduction: The Giant Prison and the Occupied Mind Uganda is not merely in a […]

]]> 4720c32e335fff1ffad71714a87fd745 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52792 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:46:06 +0300 RECLAIMING THE FUTURE OF BUSOGA Submitted to the Joint Abasoga Nseete National Students Association Conference held in Conjunction with the Balunywa Leadership  This article is a vital […]

]]> 31c245cf0f73e10a13f1f4232970e69b Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52669 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:55:59 +0300 CONTRASTING ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP: THE TWO SIAMESE TWINS IN A VIBRANT SOCIETY. Academic Scholarship: The systematic production of new knowledge within a disciplinary field, governed by formalized methods, peer review, and primarily […]

]]> 4f3be4b0f1bdb49af59f6de59e9abfdb Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52597 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:51:12 +0300 HOW THE NATIONAL SYMBOL BECAME A POLITICAL "RED FLAG" IN UGANDA'S 2026 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Introduction: The Patriotism ParadoxIn what may be one of the most ironic political developments of Uganda’s 2026 election cycle, the national flag – a symbol […]

]]> 8f9bda15dbeb7256885386d0abb81895 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52557 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:49:42 +0300 COERCIVE ENVIRONMENTALISM AND FRESHWATER MANAGEMENT TOWARDS 2026 AND BEYOND Presidential pronouncements can become law immediately. In the past, during the reign of President Amin, they would easily be converted into […]

]]> b0b5df432d903ede30406a165d7b471b Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52529 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:03:24 +0300 UGANDA FROM TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE TO THE NEW TRANSCONTINTAL SLAVE TRADE Transatlantic slavery was a popular phenomenon in international trade between the 15th and 19th Centuries. That time, Africa was enslaved and its people were […]

]]> f8cbaf98b95b9840935b2719bd4542a0 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52399 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:16:47 +0300 FRANK MURAMUZI – THE FATHER OF PRACTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP IN UGANDA Presented at the 23rd December 2025 Frank Muramuzi 1st Symposium By Oweyegha- AfunaduulaRetired Environmentalist Nawaka Village, Luuka District & Center […]

]]> 36d4f2d472e644f080bc9187b2c5b41b Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52355 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:58:54 +0300 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIOT AND PROTEST: THE CASE OF UGANDA I don’t usually argue with my children whose ages range from 35 to 54. We exchange ideas. I occasionally I continue reaching them and they continue learning […]

]]> 7fcd900876923c26d699ccd9c9996c55 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52317 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:33:34 +0300 KIZZA BESIGYE: THE WRINKLES OF STRUGGLE -A LEGACYOF RESISTANCEIN UGANDA'S TURBULENT POLITICS In Uganda’s complex political landscape, Dr. Kiiza Besigye stands as a figure of relentless defiance, his life etched with the “wrinkles of struggle” a […]

]]> 711e4b4caf07608d87864289b02a346c Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52282 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:27:03 +0300 POLITICAL MUSIC IN THE NEW LIBERATION OF UGANDA: THE CASE OF KYAGULANYI SSENTAMU ALIAS BOBI WINE Introduction In Uganda, music has long been a powerful tool for resistance and liberation, echoing the beats of change from South Africa to Mozambique. […]

]]> 075564fdd1f491e8c9b1443e055267ef Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52224 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:14:21 +0300 DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING THROUGH THE USE OF CLOUD SYSTEM IN ELECTORAL FRAUD IN UGANDA. Introduction As Uganda approaches the 2026 Presidential and General Elections, concerns are growing about a troubling trend: the potential use of cloud […]

]]> f997c2f70c63b689f76d446aa71f515e Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52176 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:53:54 +0300 UGANDA'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DEBATES Before President Tibuhaburwa Museveni captured the instruments of power in Uganda in 1986 through the barrel of the gun, with the assistance of Rwandan Tutsi […]

]]> 7fd4a4c8201366f0c5580efa517407b2 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52133 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:36:04 +0300 A TRIBUTE TO MR SABASTIAN NGOBI Poet William Shakespeare said, “The World is a stage where we come, play our different roles and then leave”. This is a tribute to Sabastian Ngobi who has […]

]]> fb8fb794bb73574e2f1813c3203fd523 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52055 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:45:15 +0300 IS THE TRADITIONAL CLERGY READY TO BE PART OF THE PEOPLE'S CRAVING FOR A GENUINE LIBERATION IN UGANDA? In this article, I exclude the Full Gospel groups and the Pentecostals or the so-called Savedees, and all the other religious groups that President Idi Amin […]

]]> 62cd3c5e76c0cd07798f4db6be6e792c Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=52031 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:27:42 +0300 SILENCE OF THE INTELLECTUALS OF UGANDA: THE IMPLICATIONS.If you carry out a Google search on my recent writings on intellectuals, you will find that I have written three articles: 1. Does intellectual capital […]

]]> 5814bba835e14e002a56d173e62abb70 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51947 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:19:18 +0300 PROGRESS AT WHAT COST? ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN UGANDA'S INFRASTRUCTURE BOOM. During the bush war in the 1980s and soon after, the combatants destroyed a lot of the infrastructure that the British colonialists and the post-colonial […]

]]> df87930b994a5a8afb276eae7698f542 Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51906 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:36:11 +0300 THE POLITICS OF CROWDS IN UGANDA TOWARDS 2026: A CAUTIONARY ARTICLE. Uganda is going to the next Presidential, Parliamentary and Council elections, which the Uganda Electoral Commission has arranged to be held on 25 January […]

]]> 5f756b8d6853ef9969fa92534233997c Oweyegha Afunaduula wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=51789 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:39:45 +0300 WAS IT A WISE DECISION OF THE UGANDA GOVERNMENT TO GO INTO VEHICLE MAKING There was a time in the 1960s when the economy of Uganda was doing much better than the economies of countries that came to be known as the Asian Tigers (that […]

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