Sexual turbulence rife in Christian Africa
Adultery is something I’ve never really thought about much. But the papers here in Uganda are full of it: adultery is no longer a crime.
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Uganda, a nation of conflicts
If a tree falls deep in the heart of Africa, will anyone hear? That’s the question for the outside world, as the debate that often pits the environment against the economy has taken a chilling twist here in Uganda, with riots, murder and parliamentarians jailed.
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Laugh, weep or run: Idi Amin on the silver screen
Evil is never easy to look in the eye. So it’s no surprise that The Last King of Scotland is getting mixed reactions in this corner of the world, where the story, both its real and Hollywood version, unfolds.
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Dead religion simply needs to be renewed
Gwyne Dyer’s commentary in the New Vision of March 27, page 10, arguing that religion promotes bad behaviour, while secularism promotes good, has more holes in it than a house of Swiss cheese.
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Be prosperous and multiply…water shortages?
Good grief. Just when you thought you knew the rules around here, where it’s a given that cultural change is painfully slow, along comes a curve ball that really makes your head spin.
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Ugandans can take a bow for Amin film
Now that The Last King of Scotland has piled up its international awards, and come full circle to show here, Ugandans can take a bow.
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Film gets its strength from Ugandans
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.
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Let abortion not derail maternal death debate
Following up on some recent commentaries fearing abortion is going to be legalised in Uganda, maybe the only thing left to say is that it’s not happening.
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