Please see my recent work with the BBC, where I worked with local historians to explore the eastern African roots of Adil Ray.
Please see my recent work with the BBC, where I worked with local historians to explore the eastern African roots of Adil Ray.
Friendship, Bricks, and Urban-Rural Transitions | africanurbanism
Willy Ssali, Sam Ddamba and Phillip Kayongo met each other in Bwebajja village, 11km south of Uganda's capital city the early 1990s. Ssali was born and grew up on Bwebajja village and Ddamba and Kayongo had just arrived from villages in Masaka-Buddu 120 kms west of Kampala city in search of work.
When the waiting is over... | africanurbanism
The extended period Alcinda Honwana[i] and others have referred to as "waithood" is part of everyday life for many young people in Uganda's capital city Kampala. Limited opportunities for secure employment and delays in schooling due to lack of fees can delay the achievement of markers of adulthood, such as marriage or homebuilding, by years or even decades.