Norah Owaraga

“#WhatWouldMagufuliDo?” The Jury is Still Out

Ugandans are euphoric with the single story “#WhatWouldMagufuliDo”, which is trending on social media. Ugandan politicians and ordinary citizens alike want to be seen to be operating or buying into or promising to operate within the logic of the current president of Tanzania – His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli. On social media, the trending single…

Culturally, my first name is Alinga

A week after I was born I was named in an Iteso naming ceremony. I was named after the mother of my father, my grandmother, the matriarch Ajakait Joyce Mary Alinga, may her soul continue to rest in power. I was born in the 1960s, after Christianity had taken root in Uganda. At the time,…

To defeat terrorism we must all ‘stand with multiculturalism’

In August of 2011 Anders Behring Breivik, a 32 year old ethnic Norwegian, a white, racist, xenophobic, Christian fundamentalist terrorised Norway killing one too many people by spraying them with bullets. Since then there have been multiple terror attacks the world over. Unfortunately, other nations did not learn lessons from the manner in which Norway…

Cultural appropriation and inappropriate use for politicking

On Facebook are images alleging Uganda police brutality – undressing a woman who is a member of the Forum for Democratic Change. However, Justus Amanya in a post also on Facebook shared video footage showing that it is actually not the police who undressed the woman but rather it is the woman who undressed herself.…