My next piece is up at Global Voices Online:
A post by Gay in Uganda last week reveals the discrimination the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) population faces when applying for travel documents.
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GVO Uganda: Bloggers tangle with mainstream media
My next piece is up at Global Voices Online. Featured are Ugandan Insomniac, Moses Paul Sserwanga, Nappy Brain, Scarlett Lion and Rafshizzle.
The blogren had their collective eye on Uganda’s mainstream media this week. One blogger “treads where the brave dare not go” by posting photos from a tragedy near the capital, while another criticizes the government paper for its seeming support of rapists.
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GVO Uganda: Citizen Uganda: Smart and very, very pretty
My next piece is up at Global Voices Online:
To scroll down the main page of Citizen Uganda is to indulge in a visual symphony: carefully selected photos align harmoniously with well-crafted blocks of text. Thick lines in complementary colors separate commentary from current events. Trios of links gracefully rotate, gliding from entertainment tips to featured blogs to Africa-focused videos and back again with the ease of a concert harpist trailing her fingers over the strings.
In short: Citizen Uganda is the best new online source of information about Uganda, and it’s also very, very pretty.
GVO Uganda: Is Uganda mentally, intellectually and creatively broke?
My next piece is up at Global Voices Online:
An interview with a Kampala City Council official has blogger Tumwijuke wondering if Uganda is “mentally, intellectually and creatively broke”:
What else would explain the near absence of public art in the city? Rich men and women in Kampala are opening new hotels, shopping centers, office blocks and apartments every month. These are well traveled and widely read (I hope) people who are exposed to things like good architecture, art and culture. So why is the city so bland?
GVO Uganda: Ten questions with the Comrade
My latest piece is up at Global Voices Online:
Beloved by the blogren for his prolific, provocative comments and his endless, passionate devotion to North Korea, the 27th Comrade was until recently one of Uganda's most active bloggers.
Self Portrait
27th ComradeTwo months ago the Comrade decided to take a hiatus from his blog Communist Socks and Boots, limiting his writing to the occasional post on the group blog The Kampalan. His decision was met with surprise, sadness and well-wishing on the part of the blogren, and this blogger missed his manifestos so much that she sought him out for a conversation about writing, reggae and, naturally, Communism.
