It is 5.30am and I wake to the piercing sound of the Muslim call to morning prayer. I open my eyes slowly. For a few brief seconds, I forget where I am. And then I remember: I am in Uganda, of all places; in Kampala, staying down the road from a mosque. This is day two of my sixth trip to the east African country in seven years.
From my first visit to Uganda in 2016 I was smitten. I had never been to Africa before, and it was a huge culture shock. But I found it all mesmerising — the distinctive sweet smells, the dusty roads, the gentle people, the chaotic traffic and the massive poverty. It was all so different, often depressing and
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