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Decolonisation and renaming of Uganda's streets, parks

So some may wonder- what is in a name? Within a historical, cultural and political milieu, I consider that names are powerful tools in defining one's identity and heritage.

Decolonisation and renaming of Uganda's streets, parks
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

By Apollo N Makubuya

The colonial naming order was a form of erasure of “old” traditional names and institutions as if colonial rule arrived in a land devoid of people, values,

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