What is a home? When you are not East or West, Nor North or South. Is it to be welcomed by the burdens of the stead, by the miseries of folk? Is it the site of abandoned hopes and bald spirits, awash with solitude? Is it the bounty of lies on lips of lovers lacerated…
Gaza is Soweto revisited
Israel has turned Gaza into Soweto – while Israel has become South Africa – circa 1976. http://aje.io/cz34z This opinion brisked my trembly eyes, I now see why it’s always said that each generation has it’s own landmarks. Gaza actually resembles a new and revamped APARTHEID ERA in the 22 century. Unfortunately, history makes it look…
REVIEW COMMENT ON HEART OF THE MATTER-GRAHAM GREENE
The Novel “Heart of the matter” is to me an Allegory that requires a reader to be focused and detailed in understanding. Graham Greene shyly opens up a flamboyant tale of a policeman’s dilemma with the truth, facts and self-conceit. Scobie the deputy commissioner pertains the character of the antagonist and protagonist; throughout the novel,…
ON THE LONG ROAD!
Life is a long road Which has no end, With smiles on the right And sadness on the left. On my way, I come across strong waves They push me backwards, Attimes I fall down, Attimes I get up, But further I go And firm I stand. In the east they mourn Anne in the…
CRANES’ HOPES DASHED AT AFCON
After breaking the deadlock of over 38 years of waiting to qualify to the biggest football tournament on the the African continent, the Uganda Cranes now face the hardest predicament of all; ‘playing as a winning team’. This has been revealed after their poor performance at the games, pertaining to them being the first team…
“TRUMPING A LEGACY OR BEING A SOCIAL DANGER!”
A long love and interest in Nollywood production movies locally referred to as “Ebiniigeria” still leaves me in fierce wits with the common phrase that I notice re-occurs in a number of scenes in Nollywood movies. “Wonders shall never end” so goes the phrase, which is usually uttered or used when something unanticipated, occurs to…
SACHET LIQUOR FOR PROSPERITY
“SACHET LIQUOR FOR PROSPERITY” It’s a new trend all over Uganda’s major towns; young people are taking to it like it’s a national activity, best befitting to be locally code named the ‘Bonna Banywe’ scheme’ meaning ‘let them all drink,’ an ideal life-style of sorts. This time though, unlike the “slow progress” of all becoming…
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