ABOUT ME

Hi.
My name is Em.

I’m a writer, storyteller, and the Author/Editor of Tales By Em. You're about to be impacted with great thoughts and vibes through my writing on culture, travel, mysteries; as well as my personal opinions that are occasionally infused in satire. The perspectives that you'll come across here are my insights into what life is like in Uganda and beyond!

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INSPIRATION

"In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive."

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Betty Eadie

Opinion

Magufuli or Biden’s Way: Global Leaders Have a Choice To Make

In dealing with perhaps the greatest challenge of his lifetime, Magufuli placed God front and centre of the crisis. He treaded where only handful of renowned global church leaders dared; publicly declaring that God would protect Tanzania, choosing rather to bow to and exalt the Lordship of God over the country than to walk down the path of least resistance and cower to the tyranny of science.

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Opinion

Archbishop Luwum Death, And Why Such History Keeps Visiting Us

On a day such as this, much more than deliver rosy speeches, the perfect tribute to the late Janani Luwum would be to thoughtfully reflect on and put into action the ideas he greatly espoused. Doing that represents the continuation of the legacy of a man whose life was sacrificed on the altar of peace, unity, truth and justice.

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Music Review

Greater Love

Whereas the instrumentation and rhythm in the opening seconds are somewhat reminiscent of a favorite pop classic of Sade’s from the 1980’s; a wonderful blend of the tenor and alto in the fourth minute of Greater Love results in an explosion of pleasurable listening experience to climax this enchanting piece of music. And just like that, 4 minutes came and went!

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Music Review

Fresh Sounds From Zoe Melodies

If you had trouble coming across a well-arranged piece of music with great vibe and powerful lyrical references to the societal distortions that characterized the year 2020 eventually spilling into 2021, this might be the hit you were looking for.

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Opinion

After 2020, Can You Afford To Ignore God?

To a great extent, civilizations have been conditioned to cluster around analysts, pundits and intellectuals for opinions on different matters because, by and large, they’ve been handed the responsibility of maintaining particular perspectives.

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Opinion

Coronavirus Draws Battle Line Between Science and Faith

Living in a world filled with opportunists, you are never more than ten feet from one. While populaces are grappling with the coronavirus and the difficulties that came in tow, it wasn’t such a hard thing to see that there was always going to be cliques of self-seekers looking to gain unfairly from the crisis.

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Opinion

Covid-19: Hope, Not Fear, Will Lead To Solution

Humanity has descended to unprecedented levels of uncertainty about what’s to come following an incredibly destructive three quarters of 2020. No plague is known to have ravaged the modern world to such degree, in a short span, as the coronavirus has.

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