Norah Owaraga

Branding in Ateso, the case of my “Atorot” brand

As I sought to brand products of my Alinga Farms using Ateso, the language of my people, the Iteso of Uganda, the fifth largest first nation of Uganda, I crosschecked with the Ateso dictionary by Ongodia and Ejiet. In the Ongodia and Ejiet Ateso dictionary, the spelling of the Ateso word for flower is “Atorot”.…

Say no to ethnocide of customary land tenure

For me, this is how I am doing it in my world of academia, as a practicing anthropological researcher, who has a specific interest in the preservation and natural evolution of knowledge systems of my people, the Iteso of Uganda. When, for example, I receive a request to participate as a respondent to a study…

UBOS may be thinks like a “native informer”

Native informers are researchers who are used to provide raw material – in form of data – to foreign academics who process it and then re-export it back to Africa.

Look closer is he that you know a psychopath?

Lately, I am reviewing things that have happened in my life and I am beginning to wonder if I have looked in the eyes of a psychopath and did not realise so, or, perhaps, more accurately, did not accept that he could be one. How does one truly know a psychopath in action? For many…