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Traveling in South East Asia can be a lot of things: fun, beautiful, delicious. But sometimes, it can also be a very dark place. The latter half of the twentieth century was not so kind to mainland South East Asia, and it’s impossible to ignore the repercussions of this.

Over the past few months I’ve learned a lot about the American War in Vietnam, and the Secret War in Laos but nothing was able to prepare me for the carnage associated with Cambodia. In just a 4 year span between 1975 and 1979 over 1.5 million Cambodians (a quarter of the countries population) were killed by their own tyrannical government. The

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LONDON — British Airways cabin crew voted Monday to hold more strikes in their long-running dispute with the airline, raising the prospect of possible walkouts during a busy spring that includes the royal wedding and the Easter holiday.

The Unite union did not immediately announce new strike dates after revealing that its members voted by a proportion of 8-1 in favor of taking further industrial action, saying it would continue to seek talks with BA management first.

The union has to give seven days’ notice of any walkout, meaning strikes could occur over the busy Easter holiday and the April 29 wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. T

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Arts and crafts of the Pearl of Africa by: Cathy Namagembe and Ray Gutt

Arts and Crafts in Uganda

There is a large and varied selection of quality arts and crafts available in Uganda.  Most artists are not well promoted, and are therefore unknown outside of their home country.

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Primitive Art / Paintings There are several art galleries in Kampala, the oldest being Nommo Gallery, located near the Presidential Lodge.  It is the home of the Ugandan Artists Association, uniting both up and coming young talent and older, more experienced artists.  Nommo Gallery hosts several exhibitions for well-known local artists and talented amateurs.

Another good source of local painting can be found at the Margaret Trowel School of Fine Art, Industrial Art and Design at Makerere University.  Here, you can find paintings and sculptures from many of the talented students as well as their instructors.

In the early 1970s, big exhibitions were coordinated by the Uganda Art Club throughout Kampala.  Uganda silkscreen printing was innovated by Margaret Trowell, who established the Fine Arts School at Kampala’s Makrere University.

Another gallery to visit is Tulifanya, located near Radio Uganda.  This gallery focuses more on modern art and features local talent in their monthly exhibitions. Each Find more…