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The rains are here; but we miss Miliano

Jose Chameleone

I watched more baddies acquire those Stanley cups, walk around in palazzo pants, don cashmere sweaters, go crazy about body butters, and skin-care routines. ..

The first line, the first word, the first sentence, it dictates everything. It directs the flow of things. You can never rise beyond your first crush, your first song, your first home. These things trap you. That is why there should never be a compromise on those first steps, they ought to be taken without hesitation.

If ‘manyangwa’ had been the first word, then you would read about the MMs aka M&M when they hosted us to a wine-connoisseur evening. And while there, yours truly was commanded to join the group of the marrieds and the parents so that he could stop theorising about issues of parentage. But it is a trap good people. It is a trap. Those people keep inviting more people to the club. The streets are cold, but they come with a freedom, I choose these cold streets for a few more years. Who knows, my first love could return to me?

Part One: Why Chameleone is the pivot of modern Ugandan Music

I first encountered Jose Chameleone as a Primary Four kid in the confines of Shimoni Demonstration School. At that time, I snickered at the audacity of a man to sing in ‘Swahili’ when all we knew about this language were command words. Words such as kujja, toka, fungua

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