By Brian Friday Bwesigye: There is something about hair. Remember Mary Magdalene wiping Jesus' feet with her hair? Okay, Delilah disempowering Samson by shaving his hair? Okay, let us talk about the more contemporary times. The symbolism of the Rastafarian locks for example. Now that we have gone political, let us also talk about the natural hair movement. Anyway, people […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye Ever since I started my three or so hours a day internship at the Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) Budapest, life has become one long 'routinised' process. When the hours spent at MDAC are added to those spent in class, and those spent doing assignments that have razor-sharp deadlines, the days of the week become a […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye Dear Hillary I know I will not get a reply to this letter. If I do, at least not in the form in which I am sending mine. Well, my atheist friends even say that when on that 25th day of October 2011, you breathed your last, you ceased to exist, that life ended for you. […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye I am lying on the couch at the balcony of our country home. There is soft music playing all around me. It is coming from all corners of the house and compound. From the sky, from the overgrown gardens, from the gate – from everywhere. My wife is the one who is responsible for this. She […]
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After a few months of living and studying in Budapest, there is a blanket of shame that covers me as I contemplate the disclosure of what happened to me a few days ago. How can I explain that I could fail to locate a building that is a few streets behind the university where I study? How do I start […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye This week started well. No, let me put it more accurately. This week was meant to start well. My birthday was Monday and Birthday weeks are usually great weeks for me. But this year's has gone beyond greatness. Since August when I started this course, I have had a crowded class schedule to follow for the […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye It is 1305 hours, the thing inside wants the thing in the pot (ekyomunda nikyenda ekyomunyungu). Prof. Roger O’Keefe’s class starts at 1330 hours and dude keeps his time! Hit the cafeteria then. But isn’t the line in the cafeteria long? Students of other CEU departments have just reported, or maybe they have not yet figured […]
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By Brian Friday Bwesigye Outside the student community here, it is not very easy to find someone speaking English. I have not met and talked to many Hungarians who know the language, most times we have to use sign language. But even those who know English seem to prefer to speak their own Hungarian language – a good thing for […]
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