May 2012
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The Nomads of Karamoja Uganda Photography by...
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Uganda: "Makapads"; made from papyrus: how it...
Dr Moses Musaazi, a lecturer at Makerere’s faculty of Technology, thought of inventing the makapad after he came to know of girls who were missing school due to their menstrual periods; they could not afford sanitary pads. How it is made: After the papyrus is cut, the green cover is peeled off and the white stem is what is used in the making of the pads. This stem is crushed using a...
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Uganda: Makerere Invents Pregnancy Machine →
dynamicafrica: Makerere University students have invented a hand-held gadget that can be used to scan a pregnant woman’s womb and detect problems such as ectopic pregnancy or abnormal foetal heart beats. The mobile application, named WinSenga, consists of a funnel-like pinnard horn similar to the one used by midwives, connected to a smart phone. When the pinnard horn is pressed against the...
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dynamicafrica: FEATURED DOCUMENTARY: We Will Not Die Like Dogs (2005) Conceived of by two African medical students at Yale who were tired of Africans portrayed only as victims to the epidemic and directed by international health specialist, Lisa Russell, We Will Not Die Like Dogs helped launch the National Black Programming Consortium’s new television series AfroPop that focuses on contemporary...
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The Creation story: The Legend of Kintu by The...
Long long ago, Kintu was the only person on the earth. He lived alone with his cow, which he tended lovingly. Ggulu the creator of all things lived up in heaven with his many children and other property. From time to time, Ggulu’s children would come down to earth to play. On one such occasion, Ggulu’s daughter Nambi and some of her brothers encountered Kintu who was with his cow in Buganda....
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