October 3, 2012 was the second anniversary of the death of Ancentus Ogwella Akuku, who was better known as Akuku Danger. A Wikipedia entrance repeats the popular story that Akuku was nicknamed “Danger” because “women were very attracted by his handsome looks”. He died on October 3, 2010, aged 94. The Wikipedia post says Akuku […]
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Uganda’s ‘Great’ Independent Monitor Lives To See 20: We Fought The Good Fight, Lost Many Battles, Won The Big Wars
The problem about writing on 20 years of The Monitor - easily the most successful private and independent Ugandan newspaper ever - is not what to say, but what to leave out. I have decided not to say much about ours (the founders who have all now moved on), and particularly my individual role, in the […]
Behind Uganda President Museveni’s Political Kissing And Makeup: An African Big Man Searches For His Legacy
Recently I was visiting with Andrew Mwenda, the Strategy and Editorial Director of the Uganda current affairs magazine The Independent at his Butabika home, in Kampala’s suburbs, when he squeezed me for a favour. He asked that I write about what I thought President Yoweri Museveni was trying to achieve with his “reconciliatory” actions towards several […]
‘Black Man’s Time’ Can Drive You To Suicide, But There’s A ‘Good’ Reason Why Africans Excel At It
The frustration at the horrible time keeping of most Africans can easily drive you to suicide if you are thin-skinned. Benin’s President Mathieu Kerekou has been known to keep participants waiting for him to open international conferences in the capital Porto Novo for eight hours. The participants sometimes won’t be fed or allowed to leave the […]
