Piling up its international awards, The Last King of Scotland has come full circle, finally released in Uganda as a rare film experience, if not an unusual life-experience, where story and reality meld so much that it’s hard to know where one begins and the other ends.
Film gets its strength from Ugandans Read More »
Somalia wants to move forward, but it has a horrifying past to deal with.
Now we need to forgive each other: Yusuf Read More »
One of the unexpected things I’ve caught since coming to Africa for the long haul is a certain disturbing feeling in the pit of my stomach. It’s grown there quietly, feeding, I suspect, on the various foreign sights and sounds around here, especially those of the children.
Childhood as it was never meant to be Read More »
Beautiful women and mobile phones might not be the first pictures that come to mind when you think of Africa. But one of the more interesting things about life on the so-called dark continent is that, even here, image sells.
Africa’s good looks a thin veneer Read More »
It’s not the Glacier Express climbing through the Swiss Alps. It’s not Vietnam’s Reunification Express winding into the more exotic jungles of the world. And it’s certainly not the Orient Express, that legendary locomotive of opulence and intrigue immortalized by Agatha Christie.
The lessons of the Lunatic Express Read More »
Ugandans are happy with leaders who allow them to go to bed without getting shot or raped before morning.
Ugandans choose peace over honesty Read More »
Drought has caused huge cutbacks in Ugandan electricity generation. Businesses will close and thousands will be left jobless, causing an exodus from cities.
Ugandan President Museveni celebrated 20 years in power this year — and he wants another seven . Critics want change.
Defying the ‘African Way’ Read More »
