Ssemaganda George works to support in-service primary school teachers as a Coordinating Center Tutor (CCT) for Kyantale Coordinating Center within the catchment area of Ndegeya Core Primary Teachers’ College in Masaka, Uganda. We spoke to him on October 23, 2017. Do your names have any meaning or story behind them? The baganda say “sse,” someone … More Teacher Trainer Ssemaganda George
In her 1983 travel book, Salvador, Joan Didion “aggressively and lucidly sought to abdicate the authority of the seeing-man” writes Mary Louise Pratt in Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation. Instead, she embodied it. Pratt writes, “the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, and People magazine hailed Salvador for the very … More Our “Imperial Eyes”
Nagginda Cissy is a Community Health Promoter for Living Goods in Masaka district. She lives at Weaverbird Campsite and Sculpture Park with her husband and son where she makes arts and crafts. Every summer, the campsite hosts 150-180 runners who come from around the world for the annual Uganda International Marathon. On weekends, Cissy works … More Community Health Promoter Nagginda Cissy
Kasubi Tombs In between Peace Corps meetings in Kampala during the few weeks off from school between the first and second trimesters, we decided to do some sight seeing. We started at Kololo (which a tour guide later described as “the Beverly Hills of Kampala”) to Kasubi, the first of Kampala’s seven hills, to see the … More Touring Kampala
Tonight, we’re cleaning out our closets with some material we’ve intended for blogs that never made it. Graduation Party – May 2016 We attended a graduation party for the principal of the PTC. She completed her doctoral degree, and this is a fantastic reason to dress up, overeat, drink, pray (the celebration began with a Mass), and be … More Spring Cleaning
Namagembe Hilda Irene Bugembe is a recent graduate in Development Studies from Makerere University in Kampala, one of the most prestigious universities in Africa. How do you identify yourself? I’m a Ugandan from Buganda culture. What Baganda clan are you? Embogo, buffalo. What languages do you speak, and when do you speak them? I speak Luganda … More Development Worker Namagembe Hilda Irene Bugembe
The Spelling Bee A major Peace Corps effort in Uganda is the National Spelling Bee, which along with National DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) Day, is one of the biggest efforts that education volunteers serving in Uganda will help to coordinate, and some PCVs apply to become National and Regional Directors. From the e-mail for Regional … More The Spelling Queen Bee of Katwe
*Note: This post has been edited to better align it with ethical reporting standards. We apologize for previous oversights. What is Teach to LEAD? Back in June, we received invitations to attend a Peace Corps camp called Teach to LEAD (Leadership in Education for African Development). Matthew would attend as a participant, and Victoria as … More The Pedagogy of Peace Corps Uganda
The following interview was conducted with Mwanje Joseph, a first-year student-teacher in a two-year teacher-training program at a Primary Teachers’ College in central Uganda. In addition to studying to become a primary school teacher, Mwanje writes poetry, fiction, and plays in both Luganda and English. What does your name mean? My name Mwanje is under … More Student-Teacher & Writer Mwanje Joseph
The interview below was conducted at the end of July, 2016, with Herbert Sengendo, one of two incredible Peace Corps Language Trainers who taught us Luganda during our Pre-Service Training. What does your Luganda name, Sengendo, mean? It literally means journeys from okugenda, to go. Olugendo means journey, engendo, journeys. What clan are you? Civet … More Language Trainer Herbert Sengendo
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