I am doing an interview with Theobarh, my teacher. I gave him a surprise visit to his office where we sat though the noise from the hair dressing students shouting. 1, So Mr. Theobarh why do you call yourself that name and what does it mean A, My names are ISHARA THEOPHILE BARHAME and I’m called THEOBARH for two reasons. Firstly because it combines my names (THEOPHILE=THEO & BARHAME=BARH) and secondly because it’s my uncles name and we have many things in common. 2, So apart from teaching, what else can you do? B, Come-on, I have a lot of skills in me but mostly I prefer teaching because it helps me feel alive again. I am a good cook; I am writer, a poet, a comedian, a motivational speaker, a health scout, a designer, a web designer, graphic designer and a good business person. I know many things but I do prefer to teach them because on top of everything, teaching is my passion. 3, So can you share with me how you’ve reached here? For today we won’t have time but the only thing I can say is that it wasn’t easy but we kept on doing it. I came here in Nakivale when I was 14 and I have worked every underestimated job here in Nakivale. Above all I kept learning and increasing on my knowledge and shaped myself for where I am and I’m still going.
Personal Narrative
Ethnographic Interview, by Sylvan
I decided today to challenge myself and interview a pastor. Good morning pastor, I’m conducting an interview on faith and ethics of Christianity. Can you share with me some details? Yeah, firstly you can’t understand all of Christianity because its large, and every sub religion interprets it the way they want and not as Islam or other religions. We have over one hundred sub religions in Christianity where they are deferred by the thing which is called Doctrine. For example, Seventh Day Adventists believe that its Saturday the seventh day of the week and it’s the Sabbath day, while others worship on Sunday, just as Catholics believes in the holy trinity, while Jehovah’s witnesses don’t. Christianity is large, but the thing which unites all of us or I can call it a common doctrine is that we were saved by Jesus Christ. So pastor, why many religions and churches when God is one? God is one but people are many. Just like the period of Jesus thee were Pharisees, disciple of John the Baptist and others. It depends with the how they received, who brought and how it was interpreted but the true Christian is someone who believes in Jesus as lord and savior.
Ethnographic Interview, by Clarice
I had a childhood dream of becoming a doctor, so when we got this opportunity of conducting ethnographic interviews I wanted to learn from a medical doctor. So, I organized an appointment with a nurse who gave me one of her free days which was Tuesday. Her Name is Olgah she is a nurse working at Afya clinic in Kashojwa. It is a refugee owned and managed but supervised by the ministry of health of Uganda. Olgah have been working as a nurse for 3 years since she came in Nakivale, she holds a diploma in nursing and midwifery from Burundi. Her dream is to proceed with education until she reaches Phd and become a doctor. There are some of the questions that I’ve asked her which increased my interest into medical science. Do you fear death? Yes of course, even the fire brigades fear fire just as soldiers hold guns but as well fear wars. Being a life saver doesn’t mean I don’t fear death. We all fear it and it is the reason why we save lives. Why should someone become a doctor or a nurse? Firstly being in medical domain is a passion because it has money and everyone can do it but not everyone who can manage it. Imagine being a nurse when you fear seeing blood or having shaking hands then you need to be a surgeon. So it’s a passion to be a nurse and being a nurse you save thousands of lives every year.
