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  • ‘Muniini, The Weeping Bean’ – Book Review

    ‘Muniini, The Weeping Bean’ – Book Review

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    Atwiine Mugisha
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    And maybe it is only that it may not have reached a great audience on the African continent, but this story ‘for children all over Africa’ — oh how I love this dedication — is bound to be an African household teaching for all.

  • A Memory Farfetched

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    Atwiine Mugisha
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    Detestable! You sayAbominable! You meanYou just can’t imagine itDoing what she did and doesWe too follow what you sayAnd do so with more spiteWe wonder at her shameAnd think her madMaybe she is, maybe she’s notWho knows?Besides, the fact is her cause is just. Amidst the fog and mist they watchPity is all they wish…

  • Sons of Africa, Do You Own Africa?

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    Atwiine Mugisha
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    (A translation of Bene Afrika, Mwine Afrika, from Runyankore by the author) Sons of Africa, do you own Africa?Answer Oh! AfricaIf you indeed own AfricaWhat then do you have that is African?From the bregmaTo the ankleCan you prove you are a son of Africa? Sons of Africa, do you own Africa?The hair; wigs you do…

  • SON OF THE DARK CONTINENT

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    Atwiine Mugisha
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    The African Child, Great a warrior, Triumphs over the huddles of Growth, education and economic survival Born to the disillusionment That all Black is black That all White is white But why the blame for the African identity? The African Child Whose home he dreads the most Whose home they love the most Those whose…