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Randy pregnant girl and the Beastly Teacher
Who will protect the little girls of Africa?Shortly after Christmas, I became a father – or rather, I nearly became one. I do not know how to put it exactly. I did not know I was old enough to be a...
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The Troubled Children of Uganda
Street children begging in Kampala. Broken family values is largely responsible for this.To continue the story of the pregnant girl and the monster teacher (read it here), I agreed to be her father....
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An African thief finds a wife
This story is fictional, inspired by this photo of the love of my life.In spite of the thermal underwear, the cold dug into his bones and froze him in a bleak mood. The sun tried to smile from beyond...
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The Great African Love Bus
Welcome to He Says, She Says Sundays! A battle of the sexes. Two different opinions on a jointly enjoyed experience! Have fun reading them both! He says:The idea of traveling by bus from Kampala to...
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Quick recipes for a love-hunting bachelor
Food will bring love to your heart.They say that the way into a man’s heart is through his stomach, and that the best way to get into a woman’s pants is through her mouth! Ah, so food has great...
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Scenes of Labor Day
Retired. Relaxing. Is he enjoying the labor of his youth?A grandfather passes the time in Nakapinyi, Mukono district.It's the day when we remember workers of the world. I do not know what made me look...
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Ghost tales on the road to Nairobi
When the year begun, I was broke. I had spent much of last year finishing The Felistas Fable, and had not earned much during that time. I felt low, for it is not possible to quickly make a profit from...
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Love Made Me Run Mad
The other day, I was looking through my archived videos of Nepal, trying to decide what to delete to create space in my backup hard drive. I found this interview of Binod, a resident of Saptari...
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Travel Videos on YouTube
Have you been to our YouTube Channel lately? Those of you who have will notice that we have started putting up travel videos. I was looking through my archives and I saw I had a lot of stuff that I...
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My Favourite Peter Sellers Comedies
Last night, I watched The Party. It put PeterSellers at the top of the list of my favourite comic actors. He makes me laugh with the least effort. I used to think Mr. Bean is hilarious, that Leon...
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Three Stories on Amazon
It's been an exciting year for me, as a writer. I got shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and then longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa. I've heard two books out in print, and two...
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Street entertainment from my childhood
I never knew how much we remember from childhood until I wrote this story, The Puppets of Maramudhu. One reviewer, when talking about it, said “Dilman's story is unique, not that it is alien or...
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The Fun of Dating in Nepal pt 2
She got married so I guess it's okay for me to write about this, though I'll still not say her real name. I saw a status update on facebook, and I know she is married. Nepali girls wouldn't write such...
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Of dreams and nightmares
This blog post is an example of why some people should not be allowed to write blogs without supervision..... Photo pirated from facebook, don't know who to creditSo I'm sitting here, looking at this...
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Speechless
I have no words. I once read this story in the New Vision, and I heard a call to make a social action documentary, about how the government of Uganda ignores certain diseases, and focuses on diseases...
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How to enjoy a five day holiday in Mombasa with only $200
This weekend, I returned from Mombasa, where I spent nearly two weeks on holiday with the girlfriend. Ooops – fiancée. We had planned for it for a long time, and she did not know I was planning to pop...
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One thing I hate about travelling
Anyone who travels a lot will come across a certain kind of people, who are both a curse and a blessing. They call themselves guides and fixers, and they claim to exist to help tourists and visitors...
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Questions European Children Ask About Africa
I met a Belgian in Nairobi early in the year, at a filmmaker’s workshop. When he went back to his country, he found a teaching job because, well, filmmaking isn’t as lucrative as our dreams would wish...
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Of gambling and taboos
It’s that time of the year, when you get a little down because you have no money to spend on a proper holiday. So a few weeks back, I tried my luck in online bingo and I won myself a few dollars to buy...
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Who Will Tell this Tale?
The search for love, motivated me to tell Ranjana's story.She is in the photo below, with greenish sari.A few years back, I used to have a certain kind of anger against foreigners who came to Uganda...
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