Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 16 2021
Societies derive a lot of value from taking pride in their founding fathers. It is difficult to have patriotic pride that is not anchored in history and it is not possible to have pride evoking history when we think of our forefathers with only disdain.
There is researched link between patriotism of societies and their economic growth and emancipation. Africa largely disregards or takes lightly the contributions of her founding fathers, and in many cases, concentrates efforts on degrading their names.
Recently, I looked for the biography of the first Executive Prime Minister of Uganda around Kampala. I could not find one copy. A friend asked if I was sure that one had been written anyway.