Elections will be properly respected when the society in question has been atomised into a collection of self-interested individuals dependent on the state.
The coming election in Uganda is significant because if there is to be managed change, it will never find a more opportune moment.
We need to be clear: what Ugandans have had was never “peace”, but simply security for the Empire’s interests. And without real peace, even that security...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s ordeal has significantly tarnished the image of Western governance, both in terms of the information that Assange compiled and systematically distributed, and...
A Ugandan remembers a childhood experience in a Swiss park that shaped his views on racism.
America needs a cure for what amounts to a psychosis affecting a significant part of white American culture, brought on by centuries of being steeped in...
The general misery brought on by austerity policies has left populations in the West exhausted, broke, insecure and unsettled. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis.
Despite a challenging economic environment, severe shortages and a violent colonial history, Zimbabwe has managed to retain its magical charm and resourcefulness.
KALUNDI SERUMAGA explores France’s paternalistic and exploitative colonial pact with some West African countries, and explains why those who resist this arrangement are quickly silenced.
To be young is to have hope. So all these hinderances did not deter Kagwa from pursuing his interests. He was a keen member of the...
In this final part of a three-part series, KALUNDI SERUMAGA explains why illegitimate power cannot rule legitimately, and remains permanently insecure in crisis or near failure....
Successive Ethiopian governments have tried to erase the history and culture of the Oromo people, but a recent conference held in Addis Ababa finally gave this...
