Norah Owaraga

Staying true to my cultural roots

Consciously and even sub-consciously, I believe, I have a constant hunger to be nourished by knowledge of my cultural roots. To understand from whence I came and who my people were pre-colonization. When I learn something about my ancestors and their way of life, I attempt to adapt and live by my new learning. Each…

Incarcerated victims of domestic violence

On my mind are women I have never met. Women I have only fleetingly heard about, because domestic violence and gender-based violence, as a whole, has become normalized in my Country. Today, I am thinking of all those women incarcerated for murder and or manslaughter where the deceased was in a domestic relationship with her.…

Aeon

I have four names as they appear on my birth certificate, not necessarily in this order, with initials: A E O N. Alinga is the first name I was given at birth. Named after my paternal grandmother, may she continue to rest in power. Given to me during an Iteso naming ceremony, the day that…

On the fibroid saga on social media

Plenty of women, 40 – 80% of us who have a uterus have fibroids. This assertion is backed by scientific findings, for example, which found 80% of Nigerian women aged 25 years and above likely have uterine fibroids. An incidence rate which likely holds true also for Uganda. Don’t panic though, “only a small percentage…