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Justice Finally Served for Maria Nagirinya
Bright Onapito
In late 2019, I began following an unsolved murder case of a young woman who had her whole life ahead of her. Recently married and with budding career, her life was unceremoniously snuffed out by heartless murderers. She was 28 years old when she died. For some reason, this case became personal for me. I…
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We Need More Ubuntu, Not Less
Bright Onapito
I want to repeat this until you are sick of hearing it: Networks do great harm by appearing enough like real communities to create expectations that they can manage human social and psychological needs. The reality is they cannot. John Taylor Gatto Recently as I was driving to work, battling the brutal traffic of Ntinda…
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The Road to Nirvana
Bright Onapito
What I have learned from a traveler, there’s no road that can lead to Nirvana. There’s a world to discover, but home is love. Slow Up by Jacob Banks Sometime in February 2023, I was watching National Geographic (arguably my favorite channel). That night as a stretched my legs on the couch, I ominously followed…
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The Succession Curse
Bright Onapito
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk For centuries old, human beings have obsessed about the idea of immortality . They have toyed with the idea of living forever so much that The mythical Fountain of Youth has become stuff of legend. In…