#UgandaSpeaks – Tending our own stories

By admin / 10 April 2012 / 2 comments

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” Chimamanda Adichie

The KONY2012 video was released a couple of weeks ago by Invisible Children. This video is one of the many examples which continue to spread the single sided story of Uganda/ Ugandans – as one thing: voiceless and helpless. The video raised a lot of criticism both locally and internationally. It is against this background that we (at UgandaSpeaks) have decided to empower fellow Ugandans to harness the power of social media to tell their own stories.

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003405860256 Lauren

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Javie Ssozi is a freelance digital media consultant. Formally the Technical Officer at Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET). He holds a BSc in Computer Science from Makerere University. He is a blogger and trainer of citizen journalists in Uganda. He runs a personal blog – “The African Timer” where he writes about the link between Technology, Education and ‘Development’. The name of his personal blog (The African Timer) is derived from the belief/ saying that “Africans” don’t keep time and as such often Africa lags behind while other continents continue to lead.

Javie is a Winner of World Bank Institute’s Social Innovator Award – Class of 2010.