This is the part two and last of blog posts by Guest Blogger Micheal Harkin who is of English citizenship, sharing his thoughts and insights after watching the Queen of Katwe movie. The first one was published here.(Click link) I have now been to see Queen of Katwe for myself. I can’t really comment on the film as to me, it was just like walking through the streets of Kampala in a dream that encompassed a lot of experiences I have had myself in Kampala. As with all these types of dreams, it was so realistic that I kept waking up with a jolt, only to find myself still dreaming…
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Another Take of Queen Katwe by an English Man with a Ugandan Touch Part 1
This is the part one series of blog posts by Guest Blogger Micheal Harkin who is of English citizenship, sharing his thoughts and insights after watching the Queen of Katwe movie. My late wife came from a poor Ugandan family. They live in a not very nice part of Bukoto. All that mattered to me was my wife was beautiful ( but aren’t all Kampala girls!) and more important, she had a good heart.When I was staying at the Old Kabira club I used to walk to Bukoto, night or day, to visit my future wife. I think I was probably the only white guy ever to walk through Bukoto; I never…
