Culture - AllenBaguma

Africa’s Urgent Call to Rise and Transcend

Uganda passes the Anti-Homosexuality Act and America goes nuts… https://www.wsj.com/articles/ugandan-president-signs-drastic-anti-lgbt-law-3a6a09e1 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/30/us-to-consider-visa-restrictions-over-uganda-anti-gay-law https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UGANDA-LGBT/movakykrjva/ https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/us-to-deploy-visa-restrictions-over-anti-homosexuality-act-says-blinken-4251688 US’ diplomacy chief, Blinken, says Washington “is deeply troubled by Uganda’s passage of the law.” So much hype and hype on a Uganda law. WHY? WHY? WHY. AFRICA is not yet a BIG MAN in the Clan. Africa must grow up and Man […]

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Reclaiming the Narrative: Reshaping Africa’s Identity

Africa must claim its space in its Narrative “Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” African proverb The Narrative of Africa in shaping its identity in the global space is critical. Africa must co-create itself. Its stories. Its history. Its present and the future. Africa must claim its space in the […]

The Story of the Grasshopper

MUSEENENE: THE MONTH OF THE GRASSHOPPER ‘…I screamed aloud upon touching these things that were wriggling…. I had thought they were green peas… you guys can’t be serious… ati munakula hawa wadudu?… sio cool!’. This was the greeting my workmate in Nairobi had reserved for me as I reported to head-office from my market territory. […]