Muniini K. Mulera

Gerald Wilson Big Band: Moment of Truth

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicNovember 29, 20220 comments

#Big #band #Jazz #Gerald #Wilson #Tone #Poet

Gerald Stanley Wilson (1918-2014) was a trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and big band leader. Born in Shelby, Mississippi, he spent most of his adult life in Los Angele, California. This record, which was made at the Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, in August, and ...

Inherited land wrangles in Uganda: a reality check

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 29, 20220 comments

#Land #Uganda #inheritance #wrangles

There is nothing new about inter-personal land wrangles in Uganda. Growing up in Kigyezi in the 1960s, stories of fights over plot boundaries, land ownership, and land inheritance were part of our informal education. In those days, Kigyezi and Bugisu were leading theatres of homicides ...

Tenor Madness: My kind of musical therapy in a troubled world

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicOctober 8, 20220 comments

#Sonny #Rollins #Tenor #Madness #Red #Garland #John #Coltrane #Paul #Chambers #Philly #Joe #Jones #Jazz

The love of great Jazz music reflects a healthy madness that is very healing in a troubled world. This Saturday evening finds me receiving the ministrations of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane on tenor, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. This ...

Hopeful signs of democratization in Africa

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 22, 20220 comments

Advocates of democracy in Africa have reason to smile. Once again, Senegal had genuine political competition early this month that left President Macky Sall without a parliamentary majority. Neither Sall’s governing coalition nor the opposition was able to win an ...

Paradox of the non-believer celebrating Christmas

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 28, 20210 comments

#Christmas #Christianity #Science #and #Faith #Big #Bang

My friend Rwangabo rwa Rutaregama sent me a beautiful electronic card from Uganda with the following words: “May this festive period fill your lives and hearts with light, love and a new hope. Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year 2022.” Greatly touched and ...

Memories of an afternoon at the Lincoln Cathedral, England

By Muniini K. MuleraJuly 7, 20201 comments

#Lincoln #Cathedral #England #William #Byrd

Four years have passed since my wife and I visited the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincolnshire, England. We were in the very happy company of our dear friend Peace Matsiko whose idea it was that we check out one of old England’s most magnificent jewels. It made a great impression ...

COVID-19: WHY ICELAND HAS NOT LOCKED DOWN

By Muniini K. MuleraApril 9, 20200 comments

#COVID #19 #Iceland

The Republic of Iceland, a former colony of Denmark, is a fascinating little country, with one of the most beautiful, cleanest, greenest and safest capital cities in the world. Country area: 103,000 sq. km. (a little less than half the size of the Kingdom of Buganda.) National ...

Janet Museveni: Obey God, hear your people’s cry and rebel against injustice

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 4, 20190 comments

#Janet #Museveni #Makerere #strike #Peaceful #resistance #Christianity #and #disobedience

Janet Museveni, Uganda’s minister of education and wife of the president, wrote an impassioned letter last week in response to the student strike at Makerere University. In her letter, Janet focused on corruption among the students, including alleged use of paid professional ...

US Gun Violence on its way to Uganda?

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments

#Gun #violence #in #USA #and #Uganda

FROM THE ARCHIVES US Gun Violence on its way to Uganda? By Muniini K. Mulera March 6, 2000 Dear Tingasiga: The television screen came alive last week with yet more pictures of armed police officers with body armour, crouching behind trees and motor vehicles, ...