Is Museveni trying to create the perfect storm of discontentment in Uganda? Now he is spraying people with pink irritating spray in order to easily identify who is involved in the Walk 2 Work protests! http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/ ( Read more... )

Right now, in the book I’m working on, I’m writing a scene that is set in the Acholi Quarters in Kampala, in the Kireka/Kinawataka stone quarry, which I visited several times. I had an interesting experience in the quarry, with a young Ugandan film maker that left a significant enough and lasting impression on me to make it into a chapter in the ( Read more... )

I feel so moved to blog the Walk2Work demonstrations in Kampala today. I woke up and fed my twitter addiction and immediately saw my screen vibrating about the protests throughout the country.

I’m sad for the victims of the demonstration violence, such as this woman:
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The book chugs on! I’m at 65,000 words now, over my original 50,000 word Nanowrimo goal. The story is just not finished yet ( Read more... )