In Museveni’s Uganda democracy buckled, now Busoga Kingdom is pushing for some autonomy

In Museveni’s Uganda democracy buckled, now Busoga Kingdom is pushing for some autonomy

There aren’t many Basoga and Ugandans that can overstretch their imagination 100 years ahead to imagine what kind of World, Busoga or Uganda will be in the next century. So few are even aware to what extent the World Wide Web has changed knowledge and the way we generate and treat knowledge to make people have higher cognitive powers, engage in critical thinking, engage in critical analysis, become professionals of the future and engage in genuine teamwork for change.

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Every dog has its day! Snoop Dogg won’t be puffing and huffing weed, wants fans not to dog him

Every dog has its day! Snoop Dogg won’t be puffing and huffing weed, wants fans not to dog him

Asking for privacy, hip-hop legend and longtime marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg says he’s going to stop smoking – although he didn’t specify exactly what that might mean. “After much consideration and conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke,” Snoop wrote in a message shared on Instagram and...

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Regional and knowledge integration: Why integration of science is key to functional political, economic institutions

Regional and knowledge integration: Why integration of science is key to functional political, economic institutions

No integration scheme, such as East African Community or Nile Basin Initiative will succeed until we embrace,  institutionalise and implement the new sciences as the cornerstones of education in the 21st century and beyond.

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Best African music performance is now new category in 2024 Grammy Awards

Best African music performance is now new category in 2024 Grammy Awards

Two existing categories have been moved to the general field, which means that all Grammy voters can participate in selecting the winners: producer of the year, non-classical and songwriter of the year, non-classical, the latter of which was first introduced this past year.

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Rock & Roll: Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan rock crowd at Hall of Fame 50th anniversary

Rock & Roll: Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan rock crowd at Hall of Fame 50th anniversary

The ceremony’s strong representation of Black and women artists this year came not long after the hall removed Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner from its board of directors. Wenner, who also co-founded the hall, had said that Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level” of the white musicians featured in his new book of interviews. He later apologised.

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American rock’n’roll icon Elvis Presley shot back to life again via wife Priscilla’s film on their time together

American rock’n’roll icon Elvis Presley shot back to life again via wife Priscilla’s film on their time together

Presley’s book, nearly 40 years old at this point, reveals things about Elvis that are, at best, unflattering. Everyone knows they met when she was 14 and he was 24. But his controlling and sometimes volatile behavior, dictating exactly what she looked like, what she was allowed to do and whom she was allowed to spend time with, might still come as a surprise to some.

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Africa’s cultural conquest of West has gained pace through music, industrialisation is limping

Africa’s cultural conquest of West has gained pace through music, industrialisation is limping

African fashion had its own shows in Paris and Milan. In Venice, Africa is the focus of this year’s Architectural Biennale. Last year, an architect from Burkina Faso won the prestigious Pritzker Prize. In 2021, Tanzania-born Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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From country music to pop music icon: Transition of Taylor Swift’s 2014 nostalgia to 2023 reality

From country music to pop music icon: Transition of Taylor Swift’s 2014 nostalgia to 2023 reality

Taylor Swift’s reimagined 1989 is here, the album that ushered in the first Peak Swift era – revisited at the height of her massive pop culture dominance. Released in 2014 and named for her birth year, the original “1989” signified a sonic rebirth. Swift had shed the Nashville country roots...

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London court finds woman guilty of abetting genital mutilation of a girl in Kenya 17 years later

London court finds woman guilty of abetting genital mutilation of a girl in Kenya 17 years later

Mr Justice Bryan thanked jurors for sitting on a case which they may have found “emotional”. He granted Noor conditional bail ahead of her sentencing at the same court on December 20.

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Resetting Uganda: Need for broader minds to dismantle education pigeon holes Ugandans are fed in

Resetting Uganda: Need for broader minds to dismantle education pigeon holes Ugandans are fed in

It is perhaps Hobbes’ observation and awareness that the logical outcome of egotistical individuals, all deciding how best to survive, would be anarchy, that should spur Ugandans to think and rethink their future in light of what is happening. They might even have to rethink  the commitment of their leaders to their need for tranquil minds and peace well in the future.

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