Busia-Uganda

Uganda at 50

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commemorative label of beer framed as a stamp

Cleaning up the other day, I found this relic. It’s a cheap but practical keepsake that a kind bar lady in Nalongo gifted me as a souvenir from a time when Uganda at 50 celebrations found me on the other side of the Kenya-Busia border. It is the commemorative label from the bottle of my … Read more

Knowing Nalongo Busia Uganda – Sex, Alcohol & Power – Through Graffiti Art

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a mug of kamalwa. Kamalwa is beer in Bukusu

Graffiti painting on one of the steel doors leading into one of the many entertainment spots at Nalongo Busia Uganda tells the story of a place oft patronized but rarely admittedly so. The soldiers represent the Ugandan state. In Nalongo, they are there to maintain order, but not the law. She of white eyes and mouth … Read more