Mulondo Patrick on Metaphors and on Ugandan Art and Impressions of the United States - 4 views
started by Karen Keifer-Boyd on 07 Dec 11
started by Karen Keifer-Boyd on 07 Dec 11
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Uganda in Buganda region interpretation
As a young child raised from the village way far from the capital
Kampala.I grew up hearing the grown ups mentions a number of Metaphors
though right now I am no longer leaving in the village but still a
number of Metaphors recalls in my memory.
Metaphors used in my country Uganda include,
1-Akaja obunaku kemanya { meaning , he who grows up
as a poor person takes much care}, knows his or her back ground to to
fly with rich people yet he is not there yet. He or she should wait
and take step by not just flying with eagles to show off yet he is
nothing .My grand parents used to tell me this metaphor as a young boy
every day I was going to school so that it keep in my mind that i
should not carry with me an image which is not mine to impress others.
This helped me out a lot to concentrate and did read my notes
,researched and passed well in both lower high school and higher high
school which we refer as A'Level in Uganda.
2-konaweka to kalinda kusaba taka { mean, He who you
will get up to carry on your back you should not wait to see him or
her get dirty before you put him or her on your back .This means that
you better take care of some one when time is still there before he or
she gets in a moment where you can't do any thing to get him up .You
should take care mostly if at all he was your child so that she or he
does not grow up and starts to regulate saying you never took care and
saw him messing up. It becomes a burden to you too, such people you
can't welcome them in your homes maybe they are druggies now and et
you saw them starting to get addicted .You might be be having a good
place right now to get them work but they can't because
3-kula zikulabe enaku { you grow up and face the world }
4-Eliso lwo omukulu ewadugala we walaba { The old person's eye ,it
sees where only the dirt is }
5-Gwo manyi enfumita to mulinda galula { He or she you know very
well, you never wait for him t get prepared before you do }
UGANDA'S ART TODAY
Uganda has for a long time been developing in the industry of art.Few
years back many people never understood the role and beauty of art
but as for now and time as it goes many eyes are opened to the beauty
and love of art starting from the crafts which are made mostly by self
taught artists in groups like Obama beads a group of women in Northan
Uganda who makes beads out of magazine papers
" Our mission is to provide a living wage to women in Uganda
while having them create artistic and useful souvenirs of Barack
Obama's historic 2008 campaign." Obama Beads .
Other crafts groups include beads for life which has made beads that
are mostly sold to tourists and yet an income for a living for many
women in the village of Gulu the war distracted region .
Along side crafts , a number of professional artist have come on board
to spice up the art culture in Uganda in a much more educative way
with a visual judgment, critical analysis and so on.These
professional artists include Maria Naita, Pro Georgia Keyune, Rose
Kilumira and so many. Among these ones, they have plaied a big role in
changing the our look of art in the field of sculopture casting
today.Number of young generations have passed through their hands like
Laira, Bwambare, kamoga all one students at Makerere university school
of art.Their role as professional sculptors in casting has motivated
and passed out a lot of information to the community out there. "
MY VIEW OF AMERICA
My own vies of how I look at America is both Positive and negative .I
have grown up knowing America as the very most power full nation the
world ever had .From scratch when it was no where to now when every
nations are looking at it as their last resort for refuge .Its the
only country I have learnt to know that ever never fails to show up
incase the situation is getting bad in other countries despite the
fact that them selves in America not every one is rich so that give
away the access.
If it comes to the moments of peace keeping, I have come to learn
that America is the only country that first spear head the other big 8
to go restore peace in the peaceful ton countries. We've seen her in
many countries where she has spear headed the peace restoration like
in Liberia, Libya, Afghanistan.
However , views have come on table in Africa mostly through the
politicians that America would show care under the blanket of wanting
to control you indirectly a saying that is on board that when the
white man was leaving Africa and the rest of those countries she
colonised ,she left from the front door and that now she is coming
back using the back door. This all means that America is trying to
collonise those other states which Her self never got the opportunity
to colonise a fact that she was also being collonised by the British
.Comes gives you chucks of money under the window of helping yet she
wasn't more bigger than that inn returns. This has how ever been
stories on many mouths of opposing politicians…..my view on this is
not yet put down clearly on how I would interpret it as we are really
convinced that this is what happens.
On my side I look at America as a country that would love to see other
nations go high from step to step not all the time being in wars and
corruption, dictatorship and so much more.
Mulondo Patrick