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Force of Nature necklace

  • 20″ long
  • Constructed with hand-rolled paper beads and glass seed beads
  • Red and earthtone finished with an antique gold-plated brass clasp
  • Purple finished with a stainless steel clasp
  • Finished with a signature BeadforLife tag

Handmade from recycled paper; because of this each one is as unique as the woman who made it.

Enter DFW as the coupon code (under Discount or Gift Certificate Codes) at check-out and Dining for Women will receive 20 percent of the proceeds from sales (excluding sales taxes and shipping and handling charges). Offer expires 10/31/18.

$35

Boundless bangle set

Opportunities for women to move out of poverty are boundless once they have gained their confidence through Street Business School training.

  • Size: 7″ – 8″
  • Set includes 2 bangles
  • Constructed with a brass tube bead and glass seed beads
  • Each bangle is finished with a colorful handmade paper bead and a signature BeadforLife tag

Enter DFW as the coupon code (under Discount or Gift Certificate Codes) at check-out and Dining for Women will receive 20 percent of the proceeds from sales (excluding sales taxes and shipping and handling charges). Offer expires 10/31/18.

$55

Books

Fiction

Song of Lawino

By Okot P’Bitek

From African Women Rising: Song of Lawino is an epic poem and one of the most widely read literary works from Sub-Saharan Africa. The author comes from Acholiland in northern Uganda. It tells the story of how African society was destroyed by colonization. Every child in Uganda has to read this book. It is a good read.

The Wizard of the Nile

By Matthew Green

From African Women Rising: A good explanation of the civil war in northern Uganda, a bit Eurocentric but an easy read.

Films

The Last King of Scotland

Recommended by African Women Rising. From Amazon: As the evil Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives an unforgettable performance in The Last King of Scotland. Powerfully illustrating the terrible truth that absolute power corrupts absolutely, this fictionalized chronicle of Amin’s rise and fall is based on the acclaimed novel by Giles Foden, in which Amin’s despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin’s personal physician.

War Dance

From African Women Rising: War Dance is a documentary depicting life for three children in northern Uganda as they were living in camps for internally displaced. It is a well-done documentary, maybe a bit too polished at times, but with scenery from the north and music and dancing from the Acholi people.

Music

Bobi Wine

From African Women Rising: One of the most popular music styles in Ugamda is Kidandali wich is a similar to Afrobeat and takes from Congolese style music.

Elly Wamala

From African Women Rising: Kadongo Kamu is a type of music base on traditional Ugandan music, artisits include Herman Basude, Elly Wamala and Da Mugalua.