By Joel Benjamin Ntwatwa It must be said that the contemporary age of Ugandan literature is an era of women voices and triumph. Whether in fiction, drama or poetry, Uganda’s most recognisable voices in literature are female. Examples include, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Adong Lucy, Jackee Batanda, Aujo Lillian, Deborah Asiimwe, Beverley Nambozo, Arac de Nyeko, Glaydah … More Who Are The Male Heroes of Ugandan Literature?
When you choose writing as your art (or more accurately, when Writing chooses you as its medium) it comes with the flexibility to create in any context. Characters are birthed on coffee shop tables, worlds grow core outwards in quiet suburban rooms. It is also, in its first drafts, the cheapest kind of art to … More When Writing Chooses You. Saaleha Idrees Bamjee on the Second Writivism Residency at Stellenbosch
2016 has been a particularly dramatic year but we like to live in a bubble of amazing books sometimes. In that regard, it has been amazingly overwhelming(if that is a thing) for books by African authors. Yes, we are not getting into the African literature discussion today please and thank you. We talked favorite reads … More Our Favorite Books of 2016
At the airport on my way out of Lagos to South Africa, the boisterous man beside me was having a loud conversation on the phone. He spoke loudly and made eye contact with me, actions that made me suspect it was both private conversation and public entertainment – our entertainment. His conversation meandered but at … More I Feel Everything: Pemi Aguda on the inaugural Writivism Residency at Stellenbosch
The Writivism Prizes 