I’m Saving the Uganda Museum, are You?

For the next scheduled hearing of the civil suit against the demolition of Uganda’s national museum:

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Remember, remember

The 8th of November

2 p.m. at the High Court!

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Here’s what you can do:

Give Me Dance or 3%

A few years ago I discovered my brother Digory’s end of year Luganda language examination paper hidden beneath a pile of tattered, dusty books. 3%. That’s right, he got 3%.

In Luganda. 3%.

Apparently the study of Luganda was compulsory for his class at Kings College Budo and Digory couldn’t be bothered. Why struggle to learn a third language when he hadn’t fully mastered the first two? His answers were hilarious and sad. He didn’t even try.

Digory isn’t the hero here, although I love him to bits. The real hero is his teacher who valiantly awarded him three measly marks for “effort.”

Effort.

You know what it is they say about the victory in just showing up. Or is it the humiliation of only showing up?

In September, Ugandan bi-weekly newspaper The Observer ran an ‘analysis’ of commercial traditional dance artistes. “Are Troupes Ruining Traditional Dances?” it asked.

The author of the article postulates that “commercial competition” among the growing number of dance troupes is somehow watering down culture.