Hear My True Story

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, we share a true story from Katongole Henry Nathan, one of Hear My True Story Project Kampala's true storytellers. He shares his personal stories from his childhood village life in Uganda, East Africa. Hear My True Story Project in Kampala:Hear My True St...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this compelling episode of "Hear My True Story," we engage in a thought-provoking dialogue with Edwin Matovu as we delve into our personal journeys of acquiring a new language. Our linguistic adventure centers around the German language, where we explore the nuances a...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, Sharon Khaitsa, adult educator and social worker, a Mugisu from Mbale in eastern Uganda, shares her personal story and experience of her traditional ceremony where boys become men after circumcision, in an initiation ceremony known as the "Imbalu Festiva...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this engaging episode, we dive into the life-altering experiences of our guest, Sharon Khaitsa. Join us as we explore the intricate narrative of her personal journey through the revered Imbalu Festival, an initiation ceremony that heralds the transition from boyhood t...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode we have a conversation with Oggie Wisdom Lauer, a musician and bandleader from Marburg, Hessen, Germany. He talks about his personal experiences as a musician and bandleader of the Rasing Fire Reggae Band from Marburg. He says, "It doesn't matter where yo...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, we have a backstory conversation with Nicholas Kayiwa, an artist in Uganda, who talks about his personal experience with the closures in Uganda caused by the coronavirus. Working as an artist in Covid 19 has made life very difficult and impossible for me...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! On this episode, we chat with Nicholas Kayiwa, one of the true storytellers from the Hear My True Story project in Kampala. He shares his personal experiences and views on working in the Ugandan theater and film industry. He says, " It's all about Passion, not making Mon...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! When we are young, innocent and pure, we always live our lives and dream big. To live those dreams, we work very hard, because we are only children. When we grow up, our lives change and we focus on the little things that we think are important, and then we live a life b...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, Zoey talks about how children in Uganda desperately need spaces to access creative arts like theater for kids and dance for kids. She talks about how parents, communities, and the government should make more efforts to provide these spaces for free. Kaye...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, Zoey shares her personal experiences and opinions about being an artist in Uganda and how difficult it can be for female artists who face different cultural, religious, and social expectations of what a woman should be in Ugandan society. Imagine when pe...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! The Covid 19 vaccine brings back memories of my childhood! Kayendeke Zoey Patricia, also known as "Zoeythestoryteller", tells a true story from her childhood in this episode, triggered by the current promotion of the vaccine Covid19 in Uganda and worldwide. Kayendeke Zoe...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! Support the showContact Hear My True Story : Email: hear@hearmytruestory.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/HearmyTrue YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/HearMyTrueStory Contribute to our podcast, Your Support Means a Lot to Us: DONATEYour feedback matters! Share your tho...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today!"Afro-textured Hair" It's Never "Just Hair"In this episode, Carol Kiwanuka shares her personal experience with Afro hair as an African woman living in Germany. The moment a non-African woman touches her hair on the streets of Germany in Stuttgart without her consent. And...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, Otako shares his personal experience with the Corona virus during the first months of the 2019 global Corona virus lockdown. He was part of the Spice Road Theatre world tour that had to be cancelled due to Covid19. As an artist, this turned his life upsi...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! Sekukkulu is celebrated on December 25 and is one of the most important holidays in Uganda. Everywhere you go, you hear people wishing "Sekukkulu Ennugi", which means "Merry Christmas".On Sekukkulu, all things stand still, and the focus of the celebrations is, of course,...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! Embark on a thought-provoking journey in this episode as we delve into the intricate layers of identity in Germany. Our discussion revolves around the pivotal question of whether obtaining a German passport shields Black individuals from racism. Join us as we navigate th...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode we hear a story from Carol Kiwanuka, a young Ugandan storyteller living in Germany. She told this story in 2021 during Black History Month, which was organized by the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg in Germany. As part of Black History Month Marburg, a m...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! The song you hear in this episode was sung and written by Edrine Matovu and Aldo Onyango. Onyango tells his personal true story in this episode. He first told this story in 2021 during the Black History Month celebration at the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg in Germany...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In Africa, many African people have English or European names. But what do African people have to do with these English names and with which name would most of them like to be addressed? In this episode, Otako shares his personal experience of wanting to be addressed by...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this heartwarming episode of "Hear My True Story," we embark on a journey of cultural exploration with two remarkable individuals, Mandy Dunker and Carol Kiwanuka, as they unravel the intriguing differences in perspectives towards dogs as pets between Germany and Ugan...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! Otako is a black man living in Germany. In this episode, he tells his true story about the different stereotypes he has experienced not only in Germany, but also in other European countries. Otako has had the opportunity to live and travel in four European countries, but...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! Embarking on the journey of mastering a new language is not only an intellectual endeavor but also a captivating adventure. Now, envision immersing yourself in a language not of your choosing but essential for your very existence within society. Join us in this episode o...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, Otako shares his personal experience of using a toilet on a train in Germany. How often do you pay attention to the announcements on the train, the advertisements and even the small and big buttons in places where you don't expect them on the train? Supp...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! In this episode, we talk to Edrine Matovu, a musician who makes music with strong roots in traditional Ugandan folk music. He is also a certified music teacher in Germany. He shares his personal life experiences of how he became a passionate artist who wants to use his c...

Your feedback matters! Share your thoughts and stories with us to inspire more narratives. Text us your views and stories today! Damen und Herren: In this story Otako shares his personal experience as a visitor in the city of Marburg in Central Germany (Deutschland). As an English speaking person he gets confused when he mixes the Germany and English Language. If you speak and Understand English y...