As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I am going to be a good one or even a self supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate possesses me to the dust and says "you are nothing", I will be a writer. -M.E owning the words of Hunter S. Thompson
2017 has been that year for us. Terrifying. Exciting. Frustrating. Challenging. Exhilarating. And everything in between. It has been the year we realised and lost dreams and dreamt new ones. That we are here at the end of it, with renewed energy and more innovative ways to promote emerging African writers is what brought tears … More Fifteen of Our Favorite Stories from 2017
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Literature professors insist no language is ‘richer’ than the other. The vitality is lost in translation, they say. And so this was the case for Nakisanze, a luganda performance poet who is also the author of The Triangle, a book that was launched last night. She read an excerpt from…
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I have not yet read?Sweet Medicine. My to-read list?stresses me out. Anyway, I am positive I am going to read it soon after last night when it was officially launched to the universe. Yes, Bob Kisiki, the moderator of the session called the 30 or so people present the universe☺.?…
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“I am a poem/ will you recite me?” That was how Harriet Anena’s powerful, I Bow for My Boobs performance ended with a well deserved standing ovation. I am still trying to find the perfect way to describe it though. I was very surprised, pleasantly surprised when she said it…
By Esther Mirembe Originally published at Subtle Royalty Guess who met her brain crush and didn’t embarrass herself? Das right. Lucky I . Ah, but I rush the story. I almost did not make it for this glorious encounter. I mean, I almost did not make it for the first day of the Writivism festival. … More Is the idea of ‘Africa’ grossly exaggerated? #Writivism2016 Day 1
By Mirembe Esther Eish, how I’m I even supposed to review this as a book? Madness! Okay, my dramatics aside. Your Heart Will Skip a Beat and Other Stories is clearly an anthology. A flash fiction anthology of 13 stories by brilliant writers so technically speaking, I can’t talk about it as a whole, right? … More Catching Mixed Feelings from Your Heart Will Skip A Beat
I love poetry. Heaven knows, I do but I was not ready for this book. Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself. The Headline That Morning is Peter Kagayi’s first poetry collection. Any Ugandan literature enthusiast knows Kagayi has been at his craft for as long as I can remember. [Personal story coming through. Because don’t … More Kagayi’s Poetry is good for the intellect
