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To love and virus. #Stories4Health
To love and virus Written by Jehosheba Abahi Terry’s lips married mine and formed a coalition, the type that our bodies got so high in pleasure and set in adventure […] More
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Nnanna's fate #Stories4Health
I thought I’d enjoy the break from school since i didn’t have a lot of friends at school I would miss anyway. I thought wrong because only a month into […] More
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in FictionA Hibiscus for Adam #Stories4Health
I watch Hawwa water the hibiscus in the garden this morning like she had been doing for a week now, every day since Adam died. She said it was her […] More
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in FictionGipiir and Labongo #16
By Kamusiime Mugisha Labongo had a monkey on his back. He came from a long line of great men who had been tried and tested by warfare. He had had […] More
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The Hive Mind (Thoughts on the afterlife)
In the past few years, the idea of the afterlife in my mind has oscillated between varied opinions from the common religious dictates of Heaven(s) for the worthy, righteous do-gooders […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #5
By Ashley Poem curtesy of Kamusiime Mugisha It had been one moon since Labongo’s departure. Gipiir watched the village like a hawk over the horizon. His mind nevertheless floated like […] More
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The Wilted Lily
The moment I woke up, I knew something wasn’t right. It wasn’t the absence of sunlight filtering through the blinds, usually the unwelcome prelude of a new day. It was […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #3
Fun Fact; During an Acholi Introduction ceremony, the groom and his representatives are required to get on their hands and knees as a sign of respect and crawl to the […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #6
By Mugabe Victor Only the wind spoke as the sun scorched the savannah; torturing the ground to a deep, cracked brown. The outstretched straw like grass swayed as it announced […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #3
Fun Fact: During an Acholi Introduction ceremony, the groom and his representatives are required to get on their hands and knees as a sign of respect and crawl to the […] More
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FOOLISH GIRLS DIE. I DIED. RUN
Dear John, That day was my death. My PhD in “Never again.” I whispered, “Now I know why your wife never fought to have you back.” You vanished for months, […] More
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Pachinko and the languages in which we remain visitors
For so long, I have thought about the anomalous situation many of us find ourselves in. I am a Mukiga, born to a Mukiga father from Kigezi, whose family relocated […] More
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in FictionGipiir and Labongo #13
By Mugabe Victor “I heard a rumor. Is it true?” “Yes, saw it with my own eyes; that boy is insane. No spear, no armor, Gipiir bit the elephant like […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #4
By Ashley “How could a person’s beauty overshadow the moon’s radiance?” Labongo thought to himself as he watched his anyadwer gracefully dancing with the other girls around the fire. Her […] More
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in FictionGipiir and Labongo #19
By Mugabe Victor No one knows the secrets of the gods like the mind of a chief. The two share the seat of fate like conjoined twins on the edge […] More
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Event of a Fire
Francine packs her things; frantically, teary-eyed, her hands shaking. She has to leave, she can’t wait, she has to breathe. Smoke creeps in from under the door, the flames will […] More
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in FictionGipiir and Labongo #9
By Mugabe Victor “It is only when the dog bites that one knows how sharp its teeth really are,” Gipiir stood at the edge of glory and shame. His legs […] More
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in FictionGipiir and Labongo #10
By Aine Susan “Whispers” – taunting whispers shook the earth; with rumors of a coward turned hero. Divergent stories of the man who could tame beasts traveled across the lands, […] More
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