Ugandan folklore
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Gipiir and Labongo #5 – The Premonition
By Ashley & Poem by 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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in FictionSons of the gods #6
Continued from #5 By Mugabe Victor The three brothers took their places within the hut, separated by a small distance, gourd in hand, milk brushing the edge. Darkness fully embraced […] More
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Sons of the gods #10
Continued from #9 By Mugabe Victor Feene; is a fruit that grows from a tree and can be found in many parts of Uganda. It is rough on the outside […] More
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Sons of the gods #18
Continued from #17 By Ashley Katabani’s eyes dropped once more. He felt himself falling, falling but he was not hitting hard ground. What was this unfamiliar place? It was too […] More
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Sons of the gods #15
Continued from #14 By Ashley Katabani blankly stared at the darkness before him. “The way of the man,” he thought to himself. One time it is this; then it changes […] More
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Sons of the gods #16
Continued from #15 By Mutebi Wilson Gulu stared at his grand-sons; his deep eyes casting a shadow of intimidation over each of them. Searching for something, anything that reminded him […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #23
By Ashley Just as revenge is not for the weak, it is also not for the wronged. When such ferocious revenge takes over your soul, all that is left is […] More
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Sons of the gods #13
Continued from Sons of the gods 12 By Mugabe Victor The world seemed frozen. Katabani sat there, struck immobile by the story. A moment of silence somehow reminded the boy […] More
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Sons of the gods #9
Continued from #8 By Mutebi Wilson A heavy blanket of silence filled the air as Kano looked at his pot in disbelief. There was no doubt his old man had […] More
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in FictionKintu and Nambi; Revenge of the Spider #23
Continued from: Star crossed lovers #22 By Mugabe Victor P.S. Ssekoko means cock in Luganda “I always hated the moon,” the Ssekoko complained, “It is too round and dull, its […] More
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Kintu and Nambi; The First Task #9
By Mugabe Victor It happened so fast. And really I have to admit that that is when everything changed. Sides were picked, spears were drawn, masks were revealed. A single […] More
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in FictionKintu and Nambi; Nambi's Plea #12
By Mutebi Wilson Gulu may not have been as evil as his son but for sure he could get away with anything twice better than him. It was then that […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #12
By Kamusiime Mugisha As Labongo ambled to the mighty gates of the chiefdom that shielded Pubungu, flanked by his warriors, exhausted, starved, and clad in their full armor, the sight […] More
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Kintu and Nambi; What is a god? #19
Continued from; The Creation Story #18 By Mugabe Victor It was one of those strange evenings where everyone seemed exhausted. The little showcase Kintu had pulled off left the gods […] More
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in FictionKintu and Nambi; The meeting #2
By Mugabe Victor The only curiosity that stayed erect in all this was the same question am sure reigned through Walumbe’s mind, “Why?” Was it for him? I knew she […] More
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Sons of the gods #1
PLEASE NOTE Shwenkuru is Grandfather in Runyankole Jajja is a title for the elderly in Luganda Tap…tap…tap, the sound of the ebbing storm greeted my ears. It was the peak […] More
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in FictionKintu and Nambi; The Face of a God Gone Mad #4
By Mutebi Wilson “Too much of listening to strangers,” said Gulu, “SPEAK” “I knew that you would back me,” said Walumbe No one had perfected the art of charming Gulu […] More
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Gipiir and Labongo #22
By Mugabe Victor It was an image she could not get out of her head. The torn fingernails, dried lips and scaled skin on his back only told half of […] More
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