#BlackLikeMe, The Book of The Ages-Review by Beverley N N

There are those books which we call, ‘Everything.’ We read them and they render us momentarily immobile. Do you know why? It is because they say the things that ought to have been said and they also spur us to our highest level of vibration.

With Dennis, the author.

On 17 August, I was privileged to moderate a panel discussion of a team of  experts, leaders and strategists, at the launch of Dr. Dennis Sempebwa’s 17th book, titled, ‘Black Like Me?’

With Doris Kimuli (guest and author)

 It’s a rhetorical question, this title,  and yet requires you to ponder on who you are and why you are, to reconsider actions of faith, against actions of doubt, wasted years and emotions and to let go of all that hinders you from reaching the highest place, both spiritually and physically.

From the start, Dennis introduces us to the power of faith and affirmations, because his childhood has been enshrined and deeply affected by personal, political and violent affliction. From family financial struggles to heinous dictatorships, amidst growing from a boy to a man at the age of 19, following the death of his father.

It is faith, affirmation and an unquestionable determination that led Dennis through the journey of Limit X, arguably Africa’s most popular Christian band in the late 1990s and early 2000s, traversing across continents and oceans and morphing into a Minister, educator, leadership coach, with several doctorates to his name.

He achieves this while raising a family, experiencing new turmoils of a more corporate and urban nature and growing in faith in God.

This book challenges black stereotypes that manipulate the black psyche into an eternal state of victimhood, slave and inadequate. Dennis uses facts, statistics and basic knowledge to assert how each person on earth is gifted with an attitude and it is the duty of individuals to position their attitude to relish in prosperity, success, fulfillment and continued love of family and friends.

‘Black Like Me?’ asks questions, probes generational myths and tears down barriers to personal growth.

The panelists; Dorothy Kisaka, Executive Director of Kampala City Council Authority, Tony Otoa, local expert in the oil and energy sector, and moderator and Ubuntu Leadership Safaris 5am x.com conversations, Ambassador Damali Ssali founder at Ideation Corner and Ben Mwine, event host and production Manager at Next Media. Each panelist held the book in high esteem and shared invaluable insight on how the world is shaped by doers, thinkers and courageous individuals.

L-R: Beverley, Tony Otoa, Dr. Dennis Sempebwa, Dorothy Kisaka, Ben Mwine, Ambassador Damali Ssali (courtesy photo)

Congratulations Dennis, on this book, which will open doors to think tanks all over the world.

Bless!

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva