My first warning sign should have been the sheer number of mzungu missionaries on my flight to Uganda.
Uganda is a highly religious place: Christianity (Catholicism and Evangelism) dominates, with a minority Muslim population and an infusion of witchcraft practices and cultish symbolism in the northern regions.
Uganda has a troubled history with religious extremism however. Idi Amin's violent reign, Joseph Kony's "Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)," the "Holy Spirit Movement of Alice Auma" and the "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" (via mass suicide) were all spawned in the name of religion.
For this posting, however, I bring you the lighter side of religion in Uganda. The prevalence of religious business signage is as plentiful as the supply of warm Fanta and Coca-Cola products. From northern Uganda, the top ten "God-inspired" (if not divined) businesses for your dutiful observance:
10. "God's Mercy Restaurant" (the food alone begs for mercy)
9. "God Provides A. Guesthouse" (A is an initial, not a creative use of punctuation and syntax)
8. "God Blesses Us" Bus Transport (a welcome blessing on Ugandan roads)
7. "God's Oasis Accommodations"
6. "God Reads Bookshop" (naturally, it sells only office supplies and no books)
5. "God is Able Beauty Salon" (how able?)
4. "God Forgives Hotel & Bar" (so, drink up and repent afterwards?)
3. "God's Gift Pork Joint"
2. "God Loves Drugs Shop" (not making this up)
And, alas:
1. "God Delivers Hairdressers" (salon and vocational training center)
Amen.
2 comments:
Hahaha. This is great! I almost fell off my chair. People are super religious here as well... but I haven't yet spotted anything that remotely resembles this.
a non-god related sign i loved in kampala is 'i feel like chicken tonite' restaurant!
i was also told once of a barbershop in ghana called 'god's pencil has no eraser!' whatever that means...
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