Norah Owaraga

Expat Gaze Part 2 – Meaning of Muzungu

“Little Ugandan kids are enthralled by the sight of white people. They will point and jump and scream “muzungu! muzungu!” at you. “Muzungu” really isn’t derogatory. African Americans are muzungus as far as everyone is concerned.” Francisco Toro Ugandan children, indeed, are enthralled by the sight of a person with a different skin colour from…

Expat Gaze Part 1 – Uganda Population

“Uganda has the fastest growing population in the world, and it shows. There is an impossible, riotous number of little kids everywhere.” Francisco Toro, Expatriate Uganda does have a high fertility rate, which currently, in 2020, according to data published by Macrotrends, is estimated at an average of 4.8 births per woman. The same data…

Stop using offensive label “single mother”

When I paid attention to it, I realised that I really don’t like that concept “SINGLE MOTHER.” The more I thought of it the more I realised that its usage and application in Uganda is mostly from a moralistic attitude; and which attitude frames mothers who are seemingly and overtly parenting their children on their…

Feminism is within each culture; none superior

A story in The Guardian, “Interview Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi: ‘Life is about making myth’,” has annoyed me. I first saw it when its link was shared on social media with the following comment extracted from it: “Feminism is failing to take hold in Uganda because of the discrepancy between middle-class and working-class women.” I clicked…