Friday, 17 February 2012 14:55
By Serubiri Moses
 Sebunjo, Ismaël Lo make the case for good African music
There were a number of magical moments at the World Music showcase by Joel Sebunjo and Ismaël Lo in Kampala in late January. One was watching Sebunjo play the opening kora-solo to ‘Nakato’. Man [ … ]
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Friday, 17 February 2012 14:52
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 Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, is a professor at Harvard and the author most recently of The Future of Power.
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer [ … ]
Friday, 17 February 2012 14:50
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 Most vehicle mechanics think it’s OK but it isn’t
Over-heating is a very common motor vehicle problem. It sometimes makes vehicle owners feel they just want to sell off or even dump their vehicle. The more sober ones run for help from their mechanics but even they do not always get the right diag [ … ]
Friday, 10 February 2012 07:16
By Angelo Kakande F.J
 100 messages from the Posters for the Right to Education Exhibition
Between 8 December 2011 and 8 January 2012 the Institute of Heritage Conservation and Restoration; formerly Makerere Art Gallery, hosted the 100 Posters for the Right to Education Exhibition to celebrate the International Human Rig [ … ]
Friday, 10 February 2012 07:09
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 Often, one will hear it said that one shouldn’t wash their dirty linen in public.
There would be some sort of consolation if it were that the saying was being copycatted from colonial heritage, in Uganda’s case.
But alas, among the most dominant community, Baganda, a similar warning exists – Eby’O [ … ]
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Friday, 10 February 2012 06:51
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 It is very shocking to find a city bus stuck in a shortcut because it was trying to beat the city traffic congestion
Cities like London, Berlin, Stockholm, and Hong Kong which have some of the best bus service in the world also have the best infrastructure. Unlike taxi operations that are largely f [ … ]
Friday, 03 February 2012 12:48
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 Now you can play `Angry Brides’
A new Facebook app created by popular matrimonial website shaadi.com lets players fight ‘greedy grooms’ who demand dowry – a practice that stubbornly persists in India despite being outlawed more than 50 years ago. The game shows a woman with eight arms, each hand ho [ … ]
Friday, 03 February 2012 12:28
By Doreen Baingana
 Renowned Ugandan author answers those who question the relevance of the arts
A woman, or was it a man, dressed in a white suit, slowly got up from her front-row seat at the National Theatre in Kampala, moved up the stairs and onto the dim dusty stage, and proceeded to gyrate slowly, achingly, as th [ … ]
Friday, 03 February 2012 12:27
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 Untangling the return to the compact car
After decades of getting short shrift, compact cars are now poised to outsell their larger rivals in America. What’s driving this change? According to industry analysts, it’s mostly fear: of an inevitable escalation in fuel prices, or of being saddled with u [ … ]
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