boda-bodas Archives – Thomas Froese

Life from the back of a boda-boda

Before I tell you about the boda-boda driver Godfrey, let me thank the government of Uganda for helping with my recent internet cleanse. Authorities turned the internet off during Uganda’s mid-January election to apparently give opportunity to reflect, to look in the mirror.

On the road with the boda-boda, the Uber of Uganda

3 Comments / Hamilton Spectator, Newspaper columns / February 24, 2017 / 2017, boda-bodas, traffic in Kamapla, transportation in Africa / 4 minutes of reading

So I was recently sitting around doing nothing, an activity I’ve always found deeply satisfying, when I realized, “Hey, man, you’ve just written your 300th newspaper column.”

Next thing, my wife and kids were serving me cake …

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