The Deity On His Day Off

Readers will be captivated by the original poems which cover various themes, use imagery, similes, metaphors and imagination. The poems cover sports, people, places, observation and life. The poem Maso Mbira follows the Luzira Head found by prisoners digging in the grounds of Luzira prison in 1929. In the poem The Cushion Pad, Balaba explores a mothers advice to her soon to be married daughter: Every married woman must have enkata Its whats helped me to stay with your father What Else Can I Give draws on the 1960s song Kogno Koura by Balla et ses Balladins in Guinea, Conakry. The Deity on His Day Off is a thought provoking and captivating poetry collection, rich in Ugandan culture and history and covers topics that have not been covered before.