THE KAMPALA ACHETA
In The Kampala Acheta, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick mixes English, Luganda expressions and street humour to capture Kampala's gossip, social media moments, drama and everyday absurdities.
In The Kampala Acheta, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick mixes English, Luganda expressions and street humour to capture Kampala's gossip, social media moments, drama and everyday absurdities.
A short man drives from Kampala to Entebbe twice a day for a woman who seemingly prefers taller men. More than ten years later, Elly Odoki delivers the twist. We unpack the setup, misdirection, punchline and final tag behind the joke.
What makes a three-line joke work? Fasihi Magazine takes apart one of Timothy Nyanzi's deceptively simple jokes to reveal the puns, misdirection, incongruity and linguistic ambiguity behind the laughter.
In 2006, Kamwokya was on fire. The elections were raging, a veritable inferno in the bellies of disaffected voters. At the time, Kamwokya was so yellow you would think it…
In The Distance Between Braids, Dr Paromita Patranobish charts the intimate terrain of girlhood with remarkable precision and emotional intelligence.