I’m in my bachelor pad doing dishes that had stayed in the sink for three days when Lily asks, “Ernest, if you become a really important person in this country, will you continue to write about those intimate things you go through in your private life?” I pretend not to have heard her question. Lily…
Category: Reviews
Katonga Road
My workmate, Carolyne, is playing Bob Marley’s music in the office. It’s 12:57pm. She says she’s bringing some cheer in this place. “You all are all quiet and it feels dull. I need to bring some energy in here,” she says. I want to ask if weed will be part of this creation of cheer…
Tulambule Murchison Falls
Here’s how I’ll get there. My extended family and I will set off from our home town Pakwach at about midday on a 33 degree Celsius day. It is the Christmas holiday season. Rasta man Johnnie will drive us across the bridge that connects West Nile to the rest of Uganda. Johnnie has wild beards….
Uhuru: The Dwelling of Pilau
My colleague at work, Emma, is driving us in his cream Toyota RunX car. Its seats are pimped with artsy custom made covers. Multi-coloured, smooth on the palm and masseuse-que to the butts. I think he invited a car-seat transformation expert to come over and take measurements. He told the guy, “Boss, do your thing.”…
January and Books
January didn’t creep in like a thief on a rainy night. It didn’t sneak in. It walked in through the open door left by 31 December. It carried with it its reputation that stinks of poverty and brokenness, a repute of a ruthless rebel leader who maims and slaughters his victims using such ferocious methods…