#Writing Challenge
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Write Your Wrongs on Muwado And Win [CLOSED]
UPDATE 01/07/2024: The #WriteYourWrongs challenge has been closed today and the Muwado Team will be looking at the entries (click here to view them all). As communicated in this call, the […] More
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The Color Of Regret
The flickering neon sign outside the rundown cafe cast an unforgiving light on my face, highlighting the worry lines etched around my eyes. The once vibrant melody of my native […] More
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Rising Above the Waters: Kampala Communities Lead Flood Solutions
In October 2023, Kampala’s neighborhoods once again drowned under torrential rains. Streets turned to rivers, homes collapsed, and over 5,000 families were displaced, according to the Uganda Red Cross. In […] More
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My Respect To Beautiful Things.
The walls are deep green. The chairs and tables are dark iron wrought. It gave me the feeling of eating out in a lawn. He has gone for junk too; […] More
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The Kanzu Casuality
There I stood—Ntinda’s unofficial mannequin—draped in a kanzu starched so stiff it could’ve doubled as a coffin. Auntie Carol, armed with a carnation and a grin wider than the Nile, […] More
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THE PRICE OF SILENCE
They taught me manhood like a hymn: Stand tall. Swallow feeling. Never bend. I wore my father’s shadow like a crown, Learned strength was measured in the sound Of heavy […] More
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THE PAST IS IMPORTANT IN SHAPING US
When I was young, my parents struggled to ensure I survived. I was a very sickly young kid. In fact, many people in my village, Nawaka, never thought I would […] More
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Dear Winnie
Dear Winnie, I remember you as the 13-year-old girl who enjoyed her English classes. Your hand was always up, waiting with anticipation for Madam Sabila to choose you to read […] More
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#Writivism2015 Writivism Festival Writing Challenge
Writivism is an annual Literary Festival held every June in Kampala, Uganda featuring leading contemporary African storytellers. Celebrating its 3rd edition this year, the 2015 edition of the festival will […] More
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#Writivism2015 SWEET PARADOX.
Life, They say I should write about life but what do I know? Perhaps it is okay to speak of what I see. Is it okay to speak of […] More
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The Sun Got Jealous & Now We’re All Sweating
Day 9 of Our Collective Sunburn Right. Climate change. That thing. The one where we all nod gravely while scrolling doom reports like they’re bedtime stories narrated by a particularly […] More
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A Vow Rooted In A Crush
My love, there are moments in life, suspended in time, etched so deeply they become the foundation of who we are. Today, as I stand before you, bathed in the […] More
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Letting the Place Capture You
The Departure: Between Worlds (Pre-Dawn) The alarm doesn’t so much ring as it does scream; a belligerent, digital shriek that slices through the pre-dawn quiet. I lie there for a […] More
