BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Approaching Murchison falls in the National Park. Copyright: i Rupi Mangat 2017 Published: The East African Nation media Part 2 of 2 By Rupi Mangat At first glance Masindi gives the impression of a one-street, non-descript town with relics of colonial architecture. But is has interesting history as Sally Wareing, the retired octogenarian teacher […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Royal tomb of King Kabalega near Hoima in Uganda. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: The East African Nation media 25 April 2020 By Rupi Mangat Powerful and progressive, Kabalega defended his kingdom against colonial onset It was the taxi driver who announced, “The royal tomb of Kabalega is here.” He brought the car to a […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Discovering more of the Nile at Murchison Falls and looking for chimpanzees in Uganda Published 19 August 2017 – Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper Above: Chimpanzee baby playing in the forest – Image by: Michael Nichols Part 2 of 2 “When the crocodile jumps into the boat, you jump out,” tells our guide on the sail […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 2 Published in Saturday Nation 12 August 2017 In 1907, Winston Churchill the English statesman stood where we stand and exclaimed ’10 pounds will suffice to throw an iron bride across’. We’re on top of Murchison Falls, our faces wet with the spray of the water where the mighty Nile, reputed to […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 2 Published in Saturday Nation 12 August 2017 In 1907, Winston Churchill the English statesman stood where we stand and exclaimed ’10 pounds will suffice to throw an iron bride across’. We’re on top of Murchison Falls, our faces wet with the spray of the water where the mighty Nile, reputed to […]
BY Rupi Mangat
The falls raged – our faces wet with the spray of water. Not from any ordinary river but the great Nile. Here we were, my nephew and l standing on sheer rock, spell bound by the force of the falls.
