Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | Zziwa Zinabala | Activity https://muwado.com/members/zziwazinabala/activity/ Activity feed for Zziwa Zinabala. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:36:43 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 920a32d46968dc4581083072f0292a9a Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=57833 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:34:57 +0300 DID SSEKAJJA’S DREAMS DIE WHILST THINKING OF THIS POETIC COLLECTION MASTERPIECE? I revere Ssekajja because of what he stands for. He stands for reality and societal bigotries we refuse to share to the world. People sink in oceans of grief […]

]]> 8a63e552e410673a74d70e5361b36b1c Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=56225 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:45:15 +0300 ECHOES IN MATOOKELAND: WHY POLITICAL WRITERS ARE THE TRUE GUARDIANS OF OUR CONSCIENCE “Let Them Wail. Uganda Belongs to Us.”When the Commander of the Defence Forces (CDF) of Uganda dropped that phrase onto Twitter/X on the Saturday of 27th Jun […]

]]> a9a86bcafbda509b4e1bb77de7f9781a Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=56079 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:06:26 +0300 How is your heart today? How is your heart today? That beats for a girl you might never have? That beats for a girl who will never love you back? That randomly wakes you up […]

]]> 323fccb960076f7c7b5aef49b072907d Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=47785 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:04:57 +0300 Prison Militaire de Ndolo: A Place for Sam’s Search for Meaning in Poetry. One of the most celebrated Poets Robert Frost opined that “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words”, I agree and sub […]

]]> e578296bbdb95b4bf62bd204b49a9c91 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=47203 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:33:17 +0300 TO BE TALENTED OR NOT TO BE TALENTED: THAT IS THE ISSUE. Towards the tail-end of February I was reading a poorly written book of poetry that reminded me of Hamlet’s Soliloquy in William Shakespeare’s play Ham […]

]]> 30edd52fce72334e7b13ccf331f673db Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=46208 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:57:12 +0300 2024, A CONFUSING YEAR OF HARDWORK WITH LITTLE TO SHOW IN THE BOOK INDUSTRY OF UGANDA. The Ugandan book industry is a conundrum to decipher, for it is filled with potential but little tangibility to exhibit at the African continent and global […]

]]> 7305d268ada1caaab37bf86a30b703fb Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=46177 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:31:09 +0300 THE QUEST FOR FAME, MONEY This year has been more of reflection as a writer, reader. To observe is one fundamental discipline we all must learn. Learning observation is a best skill […]

]]> dc7e04f287a32d05b901083c3d689883 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=45649 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:30:02 +0300 IN THE NAME OF ART Whilst growing up, my source of joy was never local art – Ugandan. My source of comfort and serenity was from art-not-Ugandan. However, ever since I d […]

]]> 911a046dc61014e91b3cbcb2e03f060e Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=45278 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:02:00 +0300 A MEDLEY of EMOTIONS: IS THIS WHAT WE CALL THE “KATOGO” OF WRITING? I googled what a “medley” means: many times, people say medley rhymes with melody due to the musicality you find in both the intonation of words. However, the […]

]]> 9b17fc21d947911306a32eb9f3d0682b Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=42014 Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:37:14 +0300 DEATH OF A WRITER, DEATH OF THE ART. On Sunday, I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine about books. He is a lover of books, with regrets that perhaps he would have used time in […]

]]> 657593073511c4a2385de9432c0972a3 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=41891 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:43:28 +0300 30 titles that are Ugandan: The importance of reading local and appreciating talent. PART 2: PLAYS How pertinent is it to read local authors? I have read so many international authors whilst growing up – during the many classes I have attended, the most o […]

]]> 41f55df3195eb1213a18bd7b15ba88b5 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=41592 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:45:14 +0300 30 titles that are Ugandan: The importance of reading local and appreciating talent.PART ONE: NOVELSHow pertinent is it to read local authors? I have read so many […]

]]> 5ea525008954682b228ac41c81327171 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=41125 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 10:30:03 +0300 TIME TRAVEL BY A UGANDAN WRITER: KUNDA. It is 2043; James Cole has to travel back in 2015 to prevent a deadly plague. In order to fulfill this plan, he has to destroy […]

]]> 208c9d20392f855a8e0eb630196ec382 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40902 Sat, 23 Sep 2023 06:52:19 +0300 WHAT AN ANIMAL OF A WRITER: A EULOGY TO FRANCIS ASIIMWE DIVING DEEP INTO HIS INFAMOUS POEM, ‘Gentlemen, I’ve a Ask’For the last couple of hours, days, weeks, and months […]

]]> 68667accf65a1f445f5c498ad89a8ee2 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40379 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:22:04 +0300 STRENGTH OF A WOMAN: BARASA NARRATES THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE In the narration of Barasa, the author of African Village Boy, there is strength in motherhood – that d […]

]]> 21fe542ab24fb18e2e3859deb76a499f Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40353 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:55:52 +0300 HOW MANY INDIANS (OR ASIANS) DO WE SEE INTERMARRYING: CASE IN POINT “WE ARE ALL BIRDS OF UGANDA” I often fail to understand why our stories cannot penetrate international […]

]]> 58aba0de8eecf9c15209a8c036ce174e Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40273 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:44:37 +0300 WHO IS A POET? A CASE IN POINT OF KAGAYI’S “FOR MY NEGATIVITY AND NO SPEAKING VERNACULAR” On the 15th of June 2023, I met Kagayi at the national theatre; he sold to me […]

]]> 9b11a642800188646bafccfdb6dcb884 Zziwa Zinabala wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=40202 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:29:05 +0300 STILL BORNS AND STILL MOMS: THE PLIGHT OF INFERTILITY LANGUISHING HOMESOn reading this short book by Sheila Ajok Lubangakene, I get to understand more about mental […]

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