by Natacha Umutoni | Apr 30, 2021 | Culture, Divertissement, Entertainment, Short Story, Thoughts & Reflections
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1967 and now lives in Manchester. Her first novel, Kintu, was longlisted for the Etisalat prize in 2014, and she won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the same year. Her first short story collection,...
by Salha Kaitesi | Jul 29, 2019 | Feature
Limited participation in political and public life; gender based violence; lack of education; Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); poverty, lack of production and fulfilment of human rights, are some of the major challenges activists campaign, and raise awareness for in...
by Teakisi | Jul 24, 2019 | Culture, Development, Education, Empowerment, Family, Thoughts & Reflections
By Eunice Aber Growing up, my mother engraved in me the idea that the litmus test for being an Acholi woman is how “bright and shiny” your saucepans looked, after you washed them. She literally scared me into believing so. I did not fall for it at first, but waking up...
by Salha Kaitesi | Jul 3, 2019 | Business, Feature
Throughout my few years in business, prior to Teakisi, I realised that one of the biggest challenges I faced was finding or accessing people who were willing to share knowledge and information on how to successfully launch a business. This wasn’t the case when I...
by Teakisi | Nov 20, 2017 | Empowerment
It is 2:00 am and I am wide awake. I put on my unkempt hair in a messy bun, switch on the lamp, take my writing book, and start scribbling. I can hear the grandfather’s clock ticking and I know that I am the only awake nocturnal being in a household full of sleepy...
