Agatha Rachael Akullu
Ms Akullu is a poet, ED Read-Us Africa, Author, and currently pursuing BAED at Makerere University, Uganda. Her contact: a.akullu@scholarmedia.africa
Patience Poni Ayikoru, famously known as Pesh Poni is a young Christian law student, feminist peer educator, and servant leader nurturing a new generation of purpose driven leaders. This writer had a word with her.
1. Who is Patience Poni Ayikoru?
Patience Poni Ayikoru is a young leader enthusiastic about women's inclusion in governance and gender equality. She is a final...
AUTHOR: Nathaniel Hawthrone
Reading Nathaniel Hawthrone's Young Goodman Brown reminds me of the Scribes and Pharisees in the Bible.
Just like the story of the Pharisees, the author takes the readers through how characters like the Catechist, Deacon, and the Minister preached God, exhibited themselves as religious with an outward appearance of being clean and yet their mask of righteousness hid...
On reading Zziwa Zinabala's poetic play – it raised a plethora of queries than answers. It is a farrago of sentiments in his book.
For those who have not yet gotten the book; the author navigates a rare love triangle. This love triangle has a spirit, as the third person.
As you realise spirits have no feelings, feel no pain but...
Mercy Agenorwot is a celebrated Ugandan Spoken word artist, Echo Minds Poet, Events MC, and Award-winning Journalist. She goes by the famous pseudonym Mercy Geno Apachi; - "Geno" obtained from high school when the classmates failed to properly enunciate "Agenorwot".
"Apachi" was given to her by a nanny who could not pronounce her English name thus, she resorted to the...
Echo Minds Poets was founded by Africa's Poetic Queen- Carolyn Afroetry MA in 2019 when she first made a call out for female poets.
Only five female poets (Ray255256, Brandy, Mercy Geno, Shaminator, and Lucy Mega) responded.
They had their first show (She4She) production on 31st March at the National Theatre that same year on the theme: Empowerment and elevation of...
'A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches,' so goes an African proverb.
This is the proverb that invades my mind as I write about Daniel Tusiimukye K'abaasa.
Unlike many creatively driven born poets who started writing at a tender age, Daniel Ka'baasa (pictured above) started with his writing journey in his Senior...
AUTHOR: Kate Chopin
REVIEWER: Agatha Rachael Akullu
Desiree's Baby, a short story by Kate Chopin was published in her collection "A Night in Acadie" in 1897.
Kate's vividly crafted story is a deep analysis of the complex relationship between boundaries and identity, and how racial prejudice can affect a child.
The story is set in Antebellum, Louisiana during the times of slavery and...
