Community Voices

Okot p’Bitek the historical figure

If wishes were resurrections, Uganda’s greatest poet, Okot p’Bitek (1931-1982), may his soul continue to rest…
Community loan fund needed

“For me, I live in my mother’s household with our family. Medication is expensive and sometimes…
In the pursuit of knowledge

It is difficult for me to pin point the one most expensive personal thing I have…
The price of happiness

Figuratively responding to today’s writing prompt; “How much would you pay to go to the moon?”…
Gratitude to Association of Surgeons of Uganda

In order to tell you about the time when we felt out of place, as is…
Food preservation methods

The robust food systems of the first nations of Uganda that are based on organic value…
Karamoja overrun by floods

Sometimes back, on a field visit to Karamoja, I was thrilled to unlearn factoids about Karamoja,…
Nawal El Saadawi on Karl Marx…

“I look to the private life of a philosopher. I like integrity. I cannot believe in…
“Corruption” is a word I strive to give up using

“Corruption is a word that hides stealing. The real word of what is going on in…
It is amazing how far you can go in thought

It is 4:00 a.m., some who are not morning people call it an ‘ungodly hour’. But…