It is slightly over two weeks left to the highly anticipated #Writivism2016 festival. In our short Q & A series with previous festival staff, we feature Donald Maasa today. Donald was in charge of recruitment of volunteers for the 2014 festival, and went on to supervise them. We found out what his memories are, and … More Festival Take Five: Donald Maasa
The joint shortlist for the 2016 Writivism Prizes for Short Fiction, Poetry in Translation and Non Fiction have just been announced. Eleven writers from Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast are on the shortlist. Below we tell you more about them. Short Story Prize Gloria Mwaniga Minage is a high school teacher in … More Who are the shortlisted writers for the 2016 Writivism Prizes?
The festival month starts today. This means that we have only 21 days to the seven-day literary and cultural extravaganza in Kampala. In our short Q & As with previous and current staff, we are featuring Shari Hammond, who was the festival coordinator in 2014. She told us a few things about his involvement. 1. … More Festival Take Five : Shari Hammond
By Jennifer Chinenye Emelife It is three weeks to the #Writivism2016 festival. As we look forward to hosting readers, writers, publishers, academics and other players in the literary sector, we present short Q & As with previous and current festival staff. Today’s interview is with Lewis Ainebyona, who was central to the organisation of the 2014 … More Festival Take Five : Lewis Ainebyona
The Writivism Prizes 