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    Category: Culture, Poetry & Music

    The Lake Bunyonyi Poem

    TRAVELLERAfter a night in ruins at a late disco –its relentless thump and monstrous decibelpitched on nearly till dawn outside my window – I am come…

    Joe 25 August 2021
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    Sacred and Cursed Tree

    The tree called ekiko among the Bakiga is usually known as flame tree but also red-hot poker tree or lucky bean tree in English. Its Latin name is Erythrina abyssinica. This tree is…

    Owen 26 July 2021
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    Dracaena, a Shrub That Watches over Boundaries

    The plant known as omugorora among my people, the Bakiga, is called dracaena in English. The name comes from an Ancient Greek word “drakaina” or “female dragon”. It is…

    Owen 28 June 2021
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    The Duuka

    Growing up in the Gorilla Highlands, we watched the TV and saw pictures from the rest of the world. These images fired up our imaginations,…

    Kahiri 1 June 2021
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