red Ssewamala lost his mother at age 3. His father, stepmother, brother, sister, and friend were shot by government soldiers when he was 11, during the second, brutal Obote regime in Uganda. Yet he has always felt absurdly, profoundly lucky—because he lived, because he had family who took him in and teachers who urged him on, and because he made it out of his Ugandan village to this country. He is now the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at
Global Lessons
Mar 01, 2023
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