God’s Windows
Brema and her family were outdoors, seated between two lit mosquito coils, waiting for the lights to come back on. Papa’s shirt turned a fan, whirling to cool off Maa, who kept complaining about the heat. The moon hid itself.…
Essays
One Poem
History Becomes a Metaphor for Tragedy (2024) I did not run away, I walked away by daylight — Sojourner Truth how quick you can lose your life at the cusp of rebellion. stubborn hope toppled, trampled upon. imagineGabriel Prosser, rooted…
Two Poems
blue melody (2024) In the dream,I am by the sea. The water throws itself before me in waves;its sound, the slow drag of loss. I stare at my reflection & wonder how I became the boy with abandoned bird nests for…
Two Poems
Michelle Ivy Alwedo
The Good President
The crushing of young protesters in Kenya has left a whole generation feeling disoriented.
Islandhood
The ideal of islandhood belongs to a form of individualism that affirms our particular and indivisible actuality.
Picture of Life
The painter George William Kyeyune makes sublime pictures that evoke the Uganda of our time.
Watching
Diary of a female askari in Kampala, July – September 2024
Among the Looters
Uganda’s parliamentary speaker is dismissing corruption questions by asking: Why me?
Akafuuzi
To be an orphan is to be very much alive.