Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | TShaka Mayanja | Activity https://muwado.com/members/therootswarriors/activity/ Activity feed for TShaka Mayanja. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:07:45 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0f7be1137946833fb2b37e1875b2430c TShaka Mayanja just earned the Profile Complete badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37931/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:49 +0300 0 0f7be1137946833fb2b37e1875b2430c TShaka Mayanja just earned the First Follower badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37929/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:49 +0300 0 6bbd595e62e4bbb0a90fb5790aa5a0d4 TShaka Mayanja just earned the 1K Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37927/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:48 +0300 0 6bbd595e62e4bbb0a90fb5790aa5a0d4 TShaka Mayanja just earned the 500 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37925/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:48 +0300 0 ad61b4489f1f3aa87199d7b4980e69ce TShaka Mayanja just earned the 100 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37923/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:47 +0300 0 ad61b4489f1f3aa87199d7b4980e69ce TShaka Mayanja just earned the Monthly Consistent badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37920/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:47 +0300 0 8ef2d9289e663919203d04432bb18f38 TShaka Mayanja just earned the Profile Complete badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37919/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:46 +0300 0 8ef2d9289e663919203d04432bb18f38 TShaka Mayanja just earned the Marathon Writer badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37918/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:46 +0300 0 8ef2d9289e663919203d04432bb18f38 TShaka Mayanja just earned the Storyteller badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37917/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:46 +0300 0 8ef2d9289e663919203d04432bb18f38 TShaka Mayanja just earned the First Follower badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37916/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:46 +0300 0 5838a787bdd385f6ade3f42ec235fdff TShaka Mayanja just earned the 1K Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37915/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:45 +0300 0 5838a787bdd385f6ade3f42ec235fdff TShaka Mayanja just earned the First Story badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37914/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:45 +0300 0 5838a787bdd385f6ade3f42ec235fdff TShaka Mayanja just earned the 500 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37913/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:45 +0300 0 1b861f932a17740fde917d616c6886dc TShaka Mayanja just earned the 100 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37911/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:44 +0300 0 1b861f932a17740fde917d616c6886dc TShaka Mayanja just earned the Monthly Consistent badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37908/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:44 +0300 0 707954f602f1d7c657f3aef5e6b6b163 TShaka Mayanja just earned the Marathon Writer badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37907/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:43 +0300 0 707954f602f1d7c657f3aef5e6b6b163 TShaka Mayanja just earned the Storyteller badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37904/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:43 +0300 0 87f4982aef3fc9226e2766a6a769ddce TShaka Mayanja just earned the First Story badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37903/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:42 +0300 0 360d2fff5f293d6194ebd5965da0f41d TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=54187 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:47:13 +0300 KANYE WEST UGANDA PROJECT (THE COSMIC SYSTEM HAS NO COINCIDENCES) It was Wednesday, 03rd October, while I was on one of our trods, ‘olutabaalo’, with my brother Jajja Kalandalugo; we spend the day learning from various […]

]]> b7ffd80158e77f83069c4cd04b821614 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=48293 Tue, 06 May 2025 16:40:14 +0300 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO JAZZ IN UGANDA? The answer to this question is quite similar to the answers around the world where Jazz Festivals take place. Next door, in Nairobi, Kenya, the demise of […]

]]> e16e49fe15a7fff57f9cbd662a1e57ce TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=47095 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:27:16 +0300 We Will Always Have the Poor Among us… “You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me”. Matthew 26:11These pertinent words are attributed to the long awaited (omulindwa) […]

]]> 66e300186c78d51590d6140a44b94c66 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=47016 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:30:21 +0300 THE A PASS CONCERT A PASS can be as stubborn as a mule. He also talks too much. But, he’s very clever and knows what he wants. A couple of days before his concert, he told me […]

]]> 8ef470e888c76bc132abd87c9f0a6c85 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40926 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:07:35 +0300 Real Artistes are Not Bedfellows with Governments and Establishments.Greetings brother Bebe Cool, blessed love.I have read and digested your post.Here’s my honest and […]

]]> 5bef50be62099279898d85fb2f687425 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=38178 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:07:54 +0300 I last owned a Television about eight years ago, I haven’t really watched movies for a long time.

I’ve been told about Netflix but I thought that necessitated owning a TV, so I binned that idea.

It wasn’t until […]

]]> 060677cd454710cd8a741dc5bdbb3ff2 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=37119 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:26:19 +0300 It’s impossible not to see an Elephant when you’re in a room with it, unless of course one is blind. Even then, due to its size, you will feel its presence, I assure you that.Whether or not I or anyone else for […]

]]> a66288baebb9a5da04aedd3528cb5ad8 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=36950 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:28:04 +0300 I joined the Pan African Movement in 1994, during the Congress that took place here in Kampala. The late Dr. Tadhudeen encouraged we the then youth members of The Rastafari Movement to join. Many of us joined […]

]]> dfdfdae0e12013ce9714fd609e3c536b TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=36477 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 04:20:48 +0300 I’ve been fully immersed and involved with Music since the year 1982 as a 10-year-old joining the school choir. Whenever I say “Music Is Life”, it’s not literal nor figurative to me, it is fact.I started forming […]

]]> bfbfcb366fa0b1bcb5a4e0e7e78b80a8 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=36191 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:13:15 +0300 Waliwo amaanyi ag’empingu nga gakolera mu Bwakinene ng’omukuumi oba Omutabaazi, Omusambwa, Ejjembe nga gakolagana n’ebiwayi bibiri; Magobwe ne Kiwanuka.Lubowa ku b’owansi akola ng’omusirikale omukulu. Obwalubow […]

]]> f602b82981eb818b893d9f7a7142c5b8 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=35188 Thu, 06 May 2021 15:38:01 +0300 I watched the Virtual International Jazz Day 2021 online. It was live on the UN YouTube channel and on the International Jazz Day YouTube channel. While watching the live stream, we were about only 886 people […]

]]> 9035d28fa62a7516d175557d2952880f TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=34508 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:27:19 +0300 The Mushroom can be plucked out by the ground using one hand. It does look weak and brittle, right? And yet, a Mushroom can dig itself into the ground, where you would need to use a tool to dig.That same Mushroom […]

]]> cc44e8af97ae248a38bf525e7bd092ff TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=34505 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:56:41 +0300 Misinterpretation and misrepresentation of Obulongo mu Butonzi led to male chauvinism, which in turn led to feminism and empowerment movements.The result is the break up of the family unit and nature’s order.There […]

]]> 961c5f4ce31226cef7d6180660ceef67 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31889 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:34:48 +0300 There’s a saying here at Nnalubaale of recent; “Omwaavu wa kufa”.What this means is, loosely translated;(Due to prevailing conditions), “The poor are to die”. (As if the rich don’t die, but I digress).When I was […]

]]> bad5c28d6d8c13e1175158ec07669692 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31886 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:27:55 +0300 I have known you for as long as I’ve known my Father, Mother and all my bloodline combined!Wow, that’s quite a long time, and I still can’t get enough of you!One of my fathers recently said that when I was a baby, […]

]]> add163139e9c539dde2a365f910c4690 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30702 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:03:00 +0300 NYABINGI/BINGHI RASTAFARI MUSIC (WHAT IS IT?) In Jamaica, it is Count Ossie who is credited for creating what is now called Nyabingi Drumming. It is the traditional […]

]]> 3a637cef5af3b43e02c4af8f037bae91 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30595 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 07:46:05 +0300 To all those sending me this particular video, I put the question to you; Who or what is Abalaasi, and why are you sending me this particular video?

I’ve never been ‘Omulaasi’, however, I’ve been a […]

]]> 5e2ea67763237443164e15bbb7347873 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30571 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:17:37 +0300 When CBS and Radio Simba FM Stations were opened, this is when the slippery slope began. A vast number of Dramatists joined the stations as presenters, becoming very popular.The skits were even more popular than […]

]]> da932283368beb2418c22b656504ad88 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30500 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:31:53 +0300 If you think that tribalism is a new way of life, think again.Like many isms and schisms, it’s been prevalent for millenia.How old do you think the tags Gentiles, Heathens and Kaffirs are?Think about this for […]

]]> 7ac1945eacd1515ab013996c0038d78e TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30430 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:16:06 +0300 I was seated right next to Lucky Dube (RIP) at the official press conference when he uttered these words on his first visit here in 1995. “Music Associations are for failures”, he firmly said.At the time, I was a […]

]]> 3f00d019a645b2582f2b8033b1946f91 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30426 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:09:01 +0300 From time immemorial, Music holds a special place in the life of humanity and by extension, Musicians do too.Musicians, like Healers, have always been in the midst of all human settlements, to bring joy and […]

]]> 3bf2507ee9b00229b92c74b047d14bd5 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30191 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:57:58 +0300 If ever you needed a great example of a quintessential “oli mwana w’ani” institution, this WAS the one.The keyword is in the name; KING’S.The original foundation at the inception wasn’t necessarily about top […]

]]> dfeb7256371245f241931311692d9a10 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=29965 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:31:48 +0300 Internal conflict and rivalries weakened the Kitara Empire in the 14th century, leading to its weakening and final demise.Internal conflict and rivalries weakened the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom in the 17th and 18th […]

]]> 3234897ac4579671ced71b2e127de0df TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=29942 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 06:13:04 +0300 KATO NE WASSWA (ABALONGO ABALONGOOSA) Kato ne Wasswa bava mu nda emu, eya Nnalongo; Twins.These two very ancient Kingdoms come from the same womb. Their History, […]

]]> 25b02ed02b8cedac9f17299b57398fe8 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28137 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:20:23 +0300 August 1996, was the first time I went to Jamaica. Being a Reggae Artist and young Rasta then, that was a dream come true. As it turns out, it was an epiphany.

On arrival and during my stay, I distinctly […]

]]> 828ae2c38cd8bc27922ad508d6b65222 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28109 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:50:00 +0300 My name is Kwadwo Agyei Yeboa, I was born into a religion, I practiced religion, I believed in religion until I decided to go a bit further beyond just ‘believing’ into ‘knowing’.I am trying very hard to find a […]

]]> b08d989632b7856eda39449dad6958ef TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=27945 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:49:31 +0300 d55b424023bd7f0b93e7548a54c4a1a4 TShaka Mayanja wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=27856 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:35:00 +0300 3955b56b66dcd05b337a0ee67e63e131 TShaka Mayanja's profile was updated https://muwado.com/activity/p/4073/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:24:30 +0300 0 14014e059a79e1c656e906fff2bbde24 TShaka Mayanja changed their profile picture https://muwado.com/activity/p/4072/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:23:25 +0300 0