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THE DARKERS by Racheal Kobusingye

THE DARKERS by Racheal Kobusingye The year was 3022 and the earth was dark. A worm had woven dark webs around the sun slowly, stealthily, and effectively until the light was no more. “Where there is no light, there is death”, they say, and after a thousand years only a few men from the billions…...

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THE BALLAD OF THE BROOK KING by John Ssuuna

THE BALLAD OF THE BROOK KING by John Ssuuna The story of the brook king has been used as a touchstone for Bunyoro for centuries, having been passed down from generation to generation about the beginning of the Bunyoro kingdom. The story begins with the birth of the ‘cursed boy,’ Bukuku, five centuries ago.  The…...

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DESCENT by Ema Babikwa

DESCENT by Ema Babikwa Isaza walked down the stairs noiselessly like a cat. Holding his breath lest anyone or anything hear him. He saw Nyamata’s satin night dress crumpled into uneven pleats and there was blood on the floor.                                                                         * Nyamata was heavy. The pregnancy was almost full term and she wasn’t as excited about…...

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SPEARS IN THE KRAAL by Collin Wambete

SPEARS IN THE KRAAL by Collin Wambete I awoke to the hill still covered in darkness. The cock crowed through the darkened morning as an impenetrable fog blanketed the sky. It was as if the hills had grown overnight and were now amongst the clouds. The fog was so thick and arresting, it reminded me…...

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The Nkya Chronicles

Excerpt About “The Nkya Chronicles” After Nkya, a powerful army commander, refuses to join a mutinous plot led by his father against a Queen in 1678 and aids the Queen against the rebel forces and in re-establishing control over her clans, he ominously suffers from severe sleeping episodes during battle in which he mysteriously wakes…...

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