As you pray tonight, remember the people who mention your name in places of influence, those who speak well of you, open rooms of opportunity for you, negotiate on your behalf, and never brag about it.❤️🙏🙏
No One Warns Immigrants About the Silence
When people move to the UK, everyone says, “You’ll be fine.”
But no one warns you about the silence.
The kind that fills your chest when you come home from a 12-hour shift …too tired to cook, too broke to order food …and the walls don’t answer when you talk.
Back home, in Africa, there was always noise …neighbours arguing, radios playing, kids laughing outside, boda guys shouting across the road.
Here, even the air feels like it’s watching you quietly.
At first, you think you’re strong.
You smile through the cold, through the confused looks when you don’t catch the accent, through the “where are you really from?” that hides behind polite smiles.
But it’s the small things that wear you down.
Having to repeat your name until it doesn’t sound like you anymore.
Being called “love” but never truly seen.
Hearing your qualifications don’t count because they’re “not UK standard.”
You start from scratch. Again.
Washing dishes. Cleaning houses. Sending money home like it doesn’t ache.
Telling your family you’re fine, even when you cry at the bus stop because your card declined.
Still… there are moments.
Catching the eye of another African on the bus and sharing a silent smile.
Hearing an Afrobeats song in a corner shop and feeling your heart breathe again.
Cooking familiar food in a cold kitchen and, for a moment, it smells like home.
And slowly, life rebuilds itself.
Not the way you imagined, but piece by piece ….quietly, stubbornly, beautifully.
Because being an immigrant isn’t just about survival.
It’s about learning to belong in a place that never expected you to stay… and still daring to call it home.
Before We Go To Bed, Revisiting Some of Our Favourite Words
•Kakistocrat (not be confused with khakistocrat): A person who leads or is a senior figure in a government run by incompetent, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
•Kleptocrat: A leader (or important official) who makes themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people.
•Plutocrat: Someone who wields power because of their wealth. A leader of a government of the rich.
•Neptocrat: A person who leads (or is high up in) a regime marked by corruption, self-dealing, and favouritism.
I saw this video by @Julius_S_Malema and it resonated with the @SafariUbuntu reflections this week on running your race. We are always comparing ourselves to others, a very unnecessary habit. Do you!!
@Spartakussug I like the analogy of "head of house" and "man of the house" not being the same... In this case it's clear.. When you "fall" in love... you might actually "fall"..
@Jaya1Ernest@Comrade_Otoa Mennn... This gentleman is the true generation leader...Promoting Uganda through tourism...daily inspiration at 5am... Formula one fan... then Roasting meat and chicken...
Only 6.6% of employees in Uganda earn more than 500k [$134]
- BOU Financial Capability Report
There’s a lot more work that needs to go into rethinking our economy