Dr Dennis Sempebwa one of the founders of the gospel boys band Limit X that serened many with hits in the 1990s, has launched his book titled “Black Like Me” in Kampala.
In his memoir, “Black Like Me”, Dennis Sempebwa highlights his journey in and with the Limit X, among others.
He says the beginnings are not really peculiar, like pain sometimes as Africans we are not used to telling the unflowery things amongst us.
He captures Uganda’s tumultuous past at the family level during the Idi Amin regime, the civil war and the outbreak of HIV/ Aids.
“Can I be that black guy who will not keep saying we were disadvantaged what if I do not feel like a victim of supremacy? What if I reject this doctrine of my experiences? Can I be a black guy who isn’t a (victim) of poverty and racism, among others? You can be that black guy, we are amazing people we can stand out. We have the potential to be and have the potential to do something. There has to be that black man who can say for me no. I will be a disruptor,” Dr Sempebwa noted.
The book addresses issues of sexuality and gender identification, among other polarizing topics.
Speaking at the launch, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka, said in the day and time where the fireside talks of Africa are fading out, books written by Africans are the new fireside.
She described Dennis as a trailblazer like the proverbial Joseph, a man with a coat of many colours.
Dr Dennis Sempebwa
Dennis was born in Uganda. For 17 years, he led the award-winning Limit X, one of Africa’s most successful gospel music outfits of all time.
In 2004, he co-founded the International College of Excellence in Chicago, which quickly grew to 22 extension campuses in multiple countries.
He is the founder and president of Eagle’s Wings International and The Sahara Wisdom Center, both multinational corporations committed to spiritual freedom and transformational thinking.
Dennis is the founder and chancellor of The 300, an accredited ministry training college, and the lead pastor of Ekklesia, a global online church.
Dubbed as one of Africa’s new breed of top pragmatic thought-leaders, Dennis has served in eighty-three countries and authored fifteen books.
He is a Global Goodwill Ambassador and a highly sought-after speaker who holds numerous earned doctorate degrees.
Dennis has been married to his beloved wife, Ingrid, for twenty-six years. They are blessed with five children: Adam, Abigail, Caleb, Judah, and Elijah. They currently reside in the state of Texas in the USA.