Norah Owaraga

Going back to our roots epdf

The essence of my talk is to remind us that our today was determined by yesterday; as today we determine the future for the next generation. By the end of my talk I hope to have persuaded you that by staying culturally rooted, we can prosper economically and socially; and that we can assure a…

Rotational Grazing African Wisdom

“This is to show how tall the grass can grow after letting this paddock lay fallow for four months. Grass grows by itself when you leave it for about four months.” President Yoweri Kagutta Museveni This was the caption to a photo that was published on the ‘Face Book wall’ of President Museveni in November…

Roots of Black Oppression

Take, for instance, the common structural discourse trap that many often fall into, the misconception of beginning analyses on Uganda’s land, from around 120 years ago, when the territory now known as Uganda was declared a protectorate by the British. The territory that the British annexed and named Uganda, was originally occupied by the first…

50 year old Mutuba (Ficus Natalensis) Tree not yet felled by ‘development’

Am reminded of a photo of Mutuba trees at his Rwakitura farm that was posted on the ‘Face Book wall’ of the senior citizen of Uganda at the tail end of 2017. The photo was captioned: “I planted these Mutuba trees as a fence in 1967 while my peers were dancing and enjoying life in…