Essays

Affricates

The literary work of Solomon Plaatje foretold the new South Africa as a complicated palimpsest.

Riding

Diary of a Boda-Boda Man, July - Nov. 2023

Nyerere’s Disciples

Many people revere Tanzania’s founding father as a saint, a secular saint if not a holy one. But where are Mwalimu’s followers?

Artful Homelessness 

As Uganda’s art scene becomes more vibrant, producing global stars, a national gallery should be a priority.

The Stone

When Martha Khumalo dug up a shiny stone from a field in KwaHlathi village, she knew her life would change. She wiped a smudge of soil off the stone, hid it in her frock, and hurried home to show her husband,…

Gravediggers

Tribalism is Uganda’s corporeal malady, chronic and malignant. What will stop it from destroying us?

Political Remains

The ‘institutionalization’ of President Yoweri Museveni is a betrayal of hope and goodwill, a return to authoritarianism.

Two Poems

After-hours (2023) When I bring my weary body home,neck feeling compressed and sat upon, I wish to be unclasped of heavy jewellery,have my knuckles cracked just how I like. I wish to be spread across a table and kneaded with…