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So many promising actors, artistes, writers, directors and producers in Uganda's entertainment industry but what is lacking is the right synergy, collaboration and advocacy to establish the intellectual rights framework to make the apparent industry functional as a true mine. To every art there is an underlying science and to every science there must be a corresponding art of presentation which makes it appealing for engagement. There is a reason why we have two hemispheres in our brain. A movie without the right scientific research that enables the connection and relatability will fall flat. There is a reason behind music scores and soundtracks to stimulate the viewers and facilitate connection and the psychology works. Some guy called Collins working with UCC once established the first of its kind studio in Mbarara (RAIL 24) in 2018, a fully furnished studio with modern technology, equipment and personnel. But how many movie producers understood the essence of this or ...

In Africa, colonization had two main components. Infiltration: Stripping away culture, self, indoctrinating Africans and Appropriation: looting, pillaging the culture and treasure, commercializing and passing them off as their own while massively profiting at the expense of the colonized.   Infiltration: For centuries, Black people/Africans (especially Black women) have been conditioned to believe that our features are somehow less desirable. The full lips, wide noses, influences of European standards have permeated and persisted, skewing expectations of beauty for every ethnicity.    Eurocentric features such as a pointy nose, lighter skin, thinner lips, straight hair, slim figure, wider eyes, blue eyes etc, are “beautiful”, everything else isn’t which has made skin bleaching a multi million dollar industry. European colonialism shoved its traits and norms down the throat of Africans and infiltrated standards of beauty in every aspect. Beauty was measured ...

Uganda's capital city of Kampala is also by far the largest town in the country. The city is both the capital of Uganda and the backbone to the country’s economy. Despite the city dynamic and engaging activities, the growth and development is at snail’s pace and employment opportunities in the city are dwindling, so are the living conditions. Kampala has a population of around 1,659,600 as of the mid-year count taken in 2011. Apart from Kampala there are other Cities in Uganda such as Mbarara , Jinja, Mukono, Masaka, Lira, Hoima, Fort Portal and Gulu. In contrast to such other major cities in Africa as Nairobi and Lagos, Ugandan cities are not sprawled or overpopulated. The rate of crime is low, and the cities are way safer. The towns have a fast growing economy and are expected to grow into commercial hubs and fringes to "de-localize" and decentralize the already overcrowding Kampala. ...

 Émery Patrice Lumumba was born on the 2nd of July 1925 in the Kasai province of what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was once a postal clerk and also a traveling beer salesman. Lumumba had a dazzling smile, and a signature pair of spectacles. He had 3 wives. But it was when he got into politics that Lumumba became truly dangerous to the old colonial order.   Belgium received the colony from King Leopold II, in 1908, and sustained an oppressive colonial system. It was frankly one of the most hideous colonial powers in a practice (colonization),  the native social structure was destroyed and introduced forced labor, mutilation, slavery in rubber in rubber plantations, rape and mass murder. Since there was no one free to hunt or grow crops, starvation resulted, and with it disease. Between 1880 and 1920, the Belgium Congo lost approximately half of its population. An estimated 8 to 10 million Africans died as victims of King Leopold’s “rubbe...

Born Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara on 21 Dec 1949, in what was then called Upper Volta, Sankara was the 3rd of 10 children. He is remembered as a Pan-African, a revolutionary, a president, a musician and an upright man. His parents wanted him to be a priest, he wanted to be a doctor, but when corruption prevented him from getting into medical school, he became a soldier. He was a very talented musician, who believed the power of music as a force for building community.   Sankara’s position in the army and his natural charisma made him a good choice for political appointments, but his personal convictions also meant that he was often arrested. In May 1983, Sankara was removed as prime minister of then President Ouédraogo’s government and arrested once again. On August 4, 1983, Compaoré, led a group that freed Sankara, overthrew the Ouédraogo regime, and formed the National Council of the Revolution (Conseil National de la Révolution) and Sankara became its president. Pr...

  Be humble, nothing in life is permanent. When the weather changes what becomes of you? When I realized this years ago during the covid pandemic, I decided to be different in my approach in life. I built relationships from there and went on to venture in new horizons, enrolled in school and started a new life with a new career miles away from a place i call home. Long story short im making waves now. This is how we build a nation.   I'm writing this maybe to encourage you not to get too carried away. One day we will wake up and maybe you will have no social media audience. Then what? Reality will stare you in the face and the imperialists paying vituperative hirelings will no longer pick your calls. I just thought I share this with you on a candid note because most of you will share the future with me or my kids. I should care for posterity sake. We mostly determine what our society becomes because we are actually society. When you get paid for being hateful ...

This is how Uganda works from a perspective you have never seen, heard or be taught in school. The most potent means of getting visibility is competency cum discipline in what you do passionately and the other is your relationship.   This is a twin concept in any ideal situation where one can’t do without the other unless in Uganda where competency is supplanted under the heavy force of tribalism, cronyism and religious bigotry all in the name of connection Power.   But I digress to explain the common eccentricity. In ideal cases in our clime Relationship is the most potent. This differs from connection of mere acquaintance to a credible sponsor of repute but having a relationship with someone who can plead your case even in-absentia "gamba n'ogu'. This concept is also connected with the relationship between activism and advocacy. We all have the rights and capability to protest or show discontent for authorities to appeal or address us as a crowd but only a ...