The Ugandan Tales
Author: Victor Rumanyika
The book is set in Uganda and is about the struggles of ordinary Africans against post-independence African rulers that preach freedom and emancipation but have turned into oppressors. Ordinary people seek to reassert their rights against an intransigent regime that is determined to keep them oppressed. The poems chronicle everyday struggles that are faced at the hands of fellow Africans masquerading as Pan Africanists. Through peaceful and non violent means, a new generation of ordinary people is now taking a stand against social, political and economic segregation. This is the second poetry collection by Victor Rumanyika. His first collection "Betrayal of Hope" was released in January 2021. Victor Rumanyika is a Ugandan born writer that lives in Wolverhampton, in the United Kingdom.
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From the advent of independence, Africans have written and published poetry about political struggles, social issues, female empowerment and freedom They wrote about prevailing issues at the time their nations achieved independence, and the cultural struggles emerging from clashes between a traditional society and a new modern society. As Kevin Young observes in his introduction to “African American poetry:250 years of struggle and song”, the very act of composing poetry proves a form of protest Indeed, poetry is deeply steeped within traditional African culture in the form of incantations, recitals and songs. This collection is drawn from the struggles and betrayals of a people that had hoped for a change for the better, but are encumbered by a regime that has reigned for thirty six continuous years and is determined to hold on. Their struggles are no longer against colonial powers but against new colonialists that look just like them.