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KING'S College "Budo"
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 […] More
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OF FRANCE AND ITS CIVIL LIBERTIES
In March 2011, the French government issued a policy statement regarding the wearing of the burka by Muslim women. In part, it stated that covering one’s face is equivalent to […] More
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OUR HISTORY, OUR SILENCE (ADAFERANJI)
If Malawi were in Europe or America, John Chilembwe would probably be a towering national hero. There would be a grand museum dedicated entirely to his life. We might still […] More
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Decolonization of Kampala Names – The Controversial Name Change of Northcote hall to Nsibirwa hall at Makerere University
In the discussion about the change of names of Kampala streets, someone mentioned the change of the name of Northcote hall to Nsibirwa hall at Makerere University. Another wondered why […] More
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Should we care about the decolonisation of our geography?
The subject of decolonisation pre-occupied Africa in most of the 1950s to the 1980s. Much attention went into shaping the postcolonial state, whose umbilical cords had not really been properly […] More
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