Bukedde Banyannikee: When Every Dawn Feels Like Yesterday’s Weight
By: Isaac Christopher LubogoThe Luganda phrase “Bukedde banyannikee” captures more than the simple arrival of morning. It carries within it a sigh — a...
Kadaga’s Busoga Homecoming: The Reception That Shook Uganda’s Political Ground
By Isaac Christopher Lubogo“Kadaga’s Busoga homecoming reception was a thesis written not in ink but in mammoth human bodies, voices, and devotion. Never in...
“Tugende Tuube”: When Poverty Becomes the Root of All Evil
By Isaac Christopher LubogoWe grew up singing: “Tugende tuube (Too-GEHN-deh Too-OO-beh)… Tuunaaba waani? (Too-NAH-bah WAH-nee?) Ewo Muyindhi (Eh-WOH Moo-YEEN-dhee). Bwanatukwaata? (BWAH-nah-too-KWAH-tah?) Aaah, nzekibilikoo (NZEH-kee-bee-LEE-koh).”...
The Mantra of Indivisibility: Ssemakadde is the Is that cannot un-Is
— Isaac Christopher LubogoWhen history extends a man, it is not time that is given but recognition that time itself cannot take him away....
Kadaga at the Crossroads: Celebration or the Last Betrayal?
By Isaac Christopher LubogoThe announcement of Mama Kadaga’s homecoming in Kamuli, September 19, 2025, has the aura of liturgy. The drums are tuned, the...
Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde’s Light in the Age of Absurdity: Treachery, Justice, and Lessons from Miguel Street for the Uganda Law Society
By: Isaac Christopher LubogoV. S. Naipaul’s Miguel Street is not merely a novel of caricatures; it is a philosophy of survival. In its pages,...
Finding Inspiration In Timbuktu
By Art KoromaAs I sit here, quill in hand, surrounded by the whispers of ancient tomes and the soft glow of lanterns, I find...
The Wisdom Of Ages: A Lokomasama Legacy
By Art KoromaIn the heart of Lokomasama, where the sun dipped into the horizon and painted the sky with hues of crimson and gold,...
When Your Birthday Passes in Silence
By: Isaac Christopher LubogoMartina’s WayI have a friend in Germany, Martina. On her birthday, she did something I will never forget. She looked at...
Storytelling in Africa: Preserving Identity in a Digital Age
IntroductionAcross Africa, the art of storytelling has always been more than leisure. Folktales, proverbs, praise poetry, and epic narratives are cultural anchors that transmit...
Fatherhood Buried, Society Broken: When the father is silenced, the home collapses
By Alpha Amadu JallohFatherhood has been buried alive, and with it society itself is breaking apart. In today’s world, man has been dragged so...
Roots and Remedies: Ancestral Medicine and Healing Technologies of Alkebu-lan
By Emmanuel Mihiingo KaijaIndigenous medicine is a sophisticated, empirically tested system in Alkebu-lan, integrating herbal knowledge, ritual practice, spiritual insight, and community ethics. These...
