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How Nigerian film ‘The Black Book’ became a global hit

Released globally as an acquired Netflix Original on 22 September, Nigerian film The Black Book has taken the streaming world by storm. Netflix says the action-thriller, starring Nollywood icon Richard Mofe-Damijo as Paul Edima, an avenging ex-security operative on the hunt for the murderers of his only child, ranked fourth globally amongst the platform’s English-language […]

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The origin of Empaako-Bunyoro’s cultural greeting

Empaako is used in Bunyoro for greeting and culturally, it is ludicrous that one would call one’s neighbour by their formal name. On first interaction, you are asked: What is your empaako” while kneeling if you are a woman and bending for a man. Whatever the time of the day, empaako is a must use. […]

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Afrigo Band to perform in Hoima on Empango eve

Uganda’s longest-lasting music ensemble, Afrigo Band, will for the first time perform live in Hoima. The show is organised by Sweet Dorcus Promotions in conjunction with Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom as part of celebrations to mark the 29th Empango (coronation) anniversary of Omukama Solomon Gafabusa Iguru. Empango is the first ritual the Omukama (King) performs as he is being crowned.  Iguru the […]

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Tina Turner, resilient singer hailed as the ‘Queen of Rock and Roll,’ dies at 83

Tina Turner, the dynamic rock and soul singer who rose from humble beginnings and overcame a notoriously abusive marriage to become one of the most popular female artists of all time, has died, her family announced in a statement. She was 83. Turner died Wednesday at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. “With her, the […]

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Ghetto Kids: what is behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. The golden buzzer sends a shower of gold confetti onto the stage – sending the contestants straight through to the show’s final rounds – and it had never […]

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Five African Books For When You’re Feeling Down and Need a Pick-Me-Up

So you want to take a break from the chaos and get a good laugh, feel inspired, or a find moments of stillness. We’ve got you covered. South African author and comedian Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime where he pens down captivating tales from his childhood at the tail end of apartheid is good for when you […]

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Bunyoro’s continued push to return stolen artefacts from Britain

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom has expressed surprise at the continued British hesitance to return priceless artefacts taken from the kingdom by colonial officials. One of the artefacts was a nine-legged wooden throne known as Nyamyaro, a traditional treasure and symbol of royal authority which was snatched from the palace. All kings including the legendary Omukama Cwa II […]

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Well-funded Riddles: Notes from Uganda’s sexual culture war

The journalist’s approach to any topic is to seek out those caught up in the story and get their views. This is not that kind of a story. The wires are replete with anecdotal despatches of African “homophobia” in which for the past decade in East Africa, Uganda has become Ground Zero. The latest flashpoint […]

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Pioneer action actress Raquel Welch Dies at 82

When Raquel Welch donned a deerskin bikini for a 1966 caveman screen epic, she became one of the hottest sex symbols of her time, a role she never felt able to escape. The film was mediocre, but the poster for “One Million Years BC” went round the world, taking her with it and making both […]

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What are the 10 movies every intellectual person must watch?

1: Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse” Two lighthouse keepers battle insanity as they are trapped on a lighthouse island together. Where is the breaking point for the mind? The Lighthouse is all about madness, myth, and superstition. Robert Eggers’ nautical nightmare follows a pair of 19th-century lighthouse keepers — Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow […]