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How can we emancipate ourselves from mental slavery?

Last week a one  Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam came calling. Akon, as he is famously referred to, is according to Wikipedia, a Senegalese-American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and actor from New Jersey. Many of us came…

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Of Kampala’s Common Property Resources

Over the last thirty years the population of Uganda has probably doubled. But in the case of Kampala, the population has grown fourfold while the planned part of the city has grown zilch in size. From a beautiful seven hills…

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