Makhago Peter is a young Ugandan who writes in his spare time and has published through lulu.com. It is possible to hear Peter’s enchantingly simple voice and others like his through the initiative artmarketonline (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence) which was started by the Open Cafe in Potchefstroom.
Artmarketonline is a cyber-market-place where creators can come to find resources that will enable them to share and market their creative wares, from crafts to poems. The site assists artists in setting up blogs and creating awareness around their material. The site promotes open source and encourages creators to ‘open up’ their content to others, by providing info and links to the Creative Commons licences.
Creators such as Makhogo, known as Makh, are overcoming north/south borders by harnessing the power of the internet to spread their work. It is high time that some of these beautiful African voices are given a platform from which to speak to the world.

Makh says, “I read anything that crosses my eyes. Then, my legs don’t like me to do it a lot but walking is still a good part time job for me. You see, when the legs become hot, the head cools immensely. Finally, dreaming. I can’t get enough of this one. Whether it is with closed or open eyes I don’t mind.”

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