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My motherland, Uganda although I wonder why I shouldn't call it my fatherland, seeing that it's father that brought out this side in me, is a small country, locked by land on every corner of it's edges. It's amazing how a small land can have so many districts and almost equally as many cultures! Am talking over 120 of them for your information! Of course, as a Ugandan people, we have those tell signs that give us away as belonging to this sweet and amusing part of the world. We, for example, don't just speak English, we have advanced it into "Uglish." With Uglish, where you would say, for lack of a better word, we say, "thingy" or "nani." Where you say, Could we grab some grapes for dessert?" A Ugandan would say, how do you see if we grab some grapes for dessert? We must be genius mutation specialists to almost completely over write a whole language this much and make it our own!
Rolexes are also dual purpose in my country, a few wear them but majority of us, eat them in form of a flat wheat bread like food, engulfing an omelette with some crunchy vegetables filling the inner most layer. The best part is, this is one of the most affordable and findable meals this land will ever offer. So when you hear one talking about a Rolex in a yummy kinda way, don't wonder, it's a Ugandan.
If you meet someone who has this unique ability to take black tea (what we often call dry tea😅 in Uganda) at any time of day or night, in total disregard of whether it's snowing or burning the hell out of our skins outside, then you know it's either me or one of my Ugandan brothers and sisters. Oh yes! We will also ask for an "escort" to the tea and no, we are not being sexual minded here, we are actually requesting for an accompaniment to our black tea.
The rest of the world works for money to be able to spend it?! In Uganda, we work for the money, alright! but we don't spend it, we eat money. You could for instance, bump into a friend hanging out and having a great time and when you ask him or her, "what are you doing here, buddy?" He/ she will most likely say, "I am eating my money, boss!" A grin or wink usually follows that statement. Money in Uganda is food, clearly!! This must stem from the old adage we have as a people that says, "Gava mukulya," directly translating into, "it all comes from eating." Eating is therefore the baseline for our life in Uganda, we eat food, we eat money and we eat life.
Oh Uganda, may God uphold thee!!
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