Sounded ID: 9781667948638
ISBN: 9781667948638
Publication Date: February 21, 2022
Publisher: Author's Republic
Language: English
Author Name: Victor Rumanyika
Narrator Name: Hidden Gems Literary Emporium
"The Ugandan Tales" is set in Uganda and about the struggles of ordinary Africans against post independence African rulers that preach freedom and emancipation but have turned into oppressors. This collection of poetry dives deep into topics of police brutality, social injustices, and oppression through the landscape of the tortured cities. Ordinary people seek to reassert their rights against an intransigent regime that is determined to keep them oppressed. The poems chronicle everyday struggles that are faced at the hands of fellow Africans masquerading as Pan Africanists. Through peaceful ...
"The Ugandan Tales" is set in Uganda and about the struggles of ordinary Africans against post independence African rulers that preach freedom and emancipation but have turned into oppressors. This collection of poetry dives deep into topics of police brutality, social injustices, and oppression through the landscape of the tortured cities. Ordinary people seek to reassert their rights against an intransigent regime that is determined to keep them oppressed. The poems chronicle everyday struggles that are faced at the hands of fellow Africans masquerading as Pan Africanists. Through peaceful and non violent means, a new generation of people is now taking a stand against social, political and economic segregation.
# | Title | Duration |
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1. | Welcome to "The Ugandan Tales" |
0 mins 20 secs |
2. | Summary |
0 mins 51 secs |
3. | Dedication |
0 mins 27 secs |
4. | Introduction |
1 mins 25 secs |
5. | 18th and 19th November 2020 |
1 mins 21 secs |
6. | A Day in a Troubled Land |
1 mins 45 secs |
7. | A new vision |
2 mins 53 secs |
8. | Activists, Enthusiasts, and Foot Soldiers |
2 mins 16 secs |
9. | Apathy |
1 mins 01 secs |
10. | At the End of it All |
1 mins 29 secs |
11. | Baby Cheeks |
4 mins 12 secs |
12. | Bail Declined |
1 mins 11 secs |
13. | Bail Granted |
1 mins 27 secs |
14. | Ballard of the Chief |
3 mins 01 secs |
15. | Ballard of the last word |
1 mins 07 secs |
16. | Ballard of the Principal |
2 mins 15 secs |
17. | Be on your Guard |
0 mins 44 secs |
18. | Beauty and the Beast |
1 mins 24 secs |
19. | Better the Devil You Know |
0 mins 51 secs |
20. | Brown Envelopes |
0 mins 53 secs |
21. | Bobi Wine |
1 mins 21 secs |
22. | Cadre |
1 mins 48 secs |
23. | Campaign Storm |
1 mins 10 secs |
24. | Chants |
1 mins 05 secs |
25. | Chief's New Lover |
0 mins 58 secs |
26. | College Days |
1 mins 24 secs |
27. | Corruption is Murder |
0 mins 50 secs |
28. | Covid Quagmire |
1 mins 22 secs |
29. | Cry of Alphonse |
1 mins 06 secs |
30. | Dark Clouds |
1 mins 17 secs |
31. | Dawn of Darkness |
1 mins 26 secs |
32. | Days of 1984 |
1 mins 27 secs |
33. | Days of "Panda Gari" - 1984 |
2 mins 25 secs |
34. | Democracy and Coffins |
1 mins 03 secs |
35. | Dimmed Hopes |
1 mins 49 secs |
36. | Dust |
1 mins 32 secs |
37. | End in Sight |
1 mins 21 secs |
38. | Expired |
1 mins 02 secs |
39. | Fallacy of Ideology |
1 mins 45 secs |
40. | Farewell to Justice |
1 mins 04 secs |
41. | Fiddlers |
0 mins 45 secs |
42. | Flawed Elections |
2 mins 57 secs |
43. | Follie a deux |
1 mins 21 secs |
44. | Foot Soldiers |
1 mins 06 secs |
45. | Forty-Two Days |
0 mins 56 secs |
46. | Freedom is in sight |
1 mins 10 secs |
47. | Grand City Entry |
1 mins 14 secs |
48. | Happy Birthday |
2 mins 28 secs |
49. | Head Count |
1 mins 09 secs |
50. | Honorable Sir/Madam |
1 mins 26 secs |
51. | Imagine |
1 mins 36 secs |
52. | Inside a Safe House |
0 mins 40 secs |
53. | Iron Lady |
3 mins 05 secs |
54. | Is this Freedom? |
0 mins 38 secs |
55. | It's not over |
2 mins 08 secs |
56. | Judge, Jury, and Executioner |
0 mins 42 secs |
57. | Kampala |
2 mins 32 secs |
58. | Kingdom Woes |
1 mins 04 secs |
59. | Kitalya Mini-Max |
0 mins 55 secs |
60. | Lament of Alphonse |
4 mins 16 secs |
61. | Lament of Ferdinand Luta |
2 mins 02 secs |
62. | Lazarus |
1 mins 42 secs |
63. | Legacy |
1 mins 54 secs |
64. | Letter to General Gutti |
1 mins 56 secs |
65. | Lockdown |
0 mins 33 secs |
66. | Lockdown Blues |
1 mins 25 secs |
67. | Lost Innocence |
1 mins 38 secs |
68. | "Lover's" reply to Alphonse |
1 mins 52 secs |
69. | Lover's response to Alphonse |
1 mins 36 secs |
70. | Madness |
1 mins 13 secs |
71. | Marching to State House |
1 mins 16 secs |
72. | Mr Security Minister |
2 mins 40 secs |
73. | Nightmares of a dictator |
4 mins 01 secs |
74. | No Bail for Daring to Hope |
0 mins 39 secs |
75. | No Closure in Death |
1 mins 16 secs |
76. | "No comment" |
1 mins 32 secs |
77. | No Peace |
0 mins 42 secs |
78. | Not my Voice |
2 mins 00 secs |
79. | Nouveu Riche Children |
2 mins 03 secs |
80. | Oh dear, Pastor |
2 mins 26 secs |
81. | Oh, Uganda, Land of Grief |
1 mins 08 secs |
82. | "Oil Pipeline" |
5 mins 52 secs |
83. | Old Guard |
1 mins 52 secs |
84. | Old Tricks |
1 mins 35 secs |
85. | Order! Order! Mr. Speaker |
3 mins 32 secs |
86. | Pain of a Mother |
1 mins 03 secs |
87. | Parting Shots |
1 mins 07 secs |
88. | Patrons of the Land |
3 mins 10 secs |
89. | Peeling the Onion |
2 mins 02 secs |
90. | Perks |
3 mins 21 secs |
91. | Piriton |
1 mins 17 secs |
92. | Prisoners of Conscience |
2 mins 30 secs |
93. | Promise Keeper |
1 mins 39 secs |
94. | Quelling Protests |
0 mins 53 secs |
95. | Rape of a Nation |
5 mins 01 secs |
96. | Rich to Fight Corruption |
2 mins 18 secs |
97. | Sanctity of Hair |
1 mins 49 secs |
98. | Scarred Nation |
5 mins 17 secs |
99. | Scourge of corruption |
3 mins 39 secs |
100. | Shadow |
1 mins 34 secs |
101. | Soldier, Soldier |
4 mins 56 secs |
102. | Song of Alione |
4 mins 40 secs |
103. | Sonnet of the Doctor |
1 mins 07 secs |
104. | Spectacle in Najeera |
1 mins 36 secs |
105. | "Stockholm Syndrome" |
2 mins 41 secs |
106. | Supplementary Budgets |
0 mins 54 secs |
107. | Ten to eight |
1 mins 34 secs |
108. | "The Disappearances" |
1 mins 48 secs |
109. | The Statue |
1 mins 10 secs |
110. | The Great Escape |
1 mins 57 secs |
111. | "The Maternity ward" |
2 mins 07 secs |
112. | The useful Idiot |
2 mins 03 secs |
113. | Voters' agony |
1 mins 11 secs |
114. | Then and Now |
0 mins 56 secs |
115. | Thirty-Seven Year Marriage |
1 mins 11 secs |
116. | This too is our home |
2 mins 17 secs |
117. | Too pretentious to care |
1 mins 47 secs |
118. | Tower of Babel |
1 mins 14 secs |
119. | Unapologetic Prostitutes |
1 mins 56 secs |
120. | Unspoken Covenants |
1 mins 00 secs |
121. | Unwelcome Guests |
0 mins 58 secs |
122. | Veneer of normality |
1 mins 16 secs |
123. | Veterans |
2 mins 30 secs |
124. | Vigil |
2 mins 29 secs |
125. | Village Chief |
6 mins 17 secs |
126. | Wanderers |
0 mins 49 secs |
127. | Weevils in the Granary |
2 mins 12 secs |
128. | Withered Spirits |
0 mins 56 secs |
129. | "Why would anyone want to travel abroad?" |
1 mins 48 secs |
130. | Open Letter fom Sserunkuuma John Bosco |
15 mins 35 secs |
131. | Open Letter from Mubiru James |
2 mins 40 secs |
132. | Glossary |
1 mins 29 secs |
133. | Closing Credits |
0 mins 32 secs |