The Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and the Writivism Festival is proud to announce the winner of The Okot P’Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation. This prize celebrates fifty years since the publication of Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino by awarding poets who write originally in an African indigenous language and translate their own … More WINNER of the 2016 Okot P’Bitek Prize Announced
Originally posted on Subtle Royalty:
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…
Originally posted on She Made Me Do It:
Aishhhh! I really feel bad about this, but truth be told, I am at a disadvantage this year. Handicapped. Who would have thought keeping a day job would be so hard. Over the years, I have drifted away from the people who have influenced me in more…
Originally posted on My Wandering Journey:
Today saw the launch of 2 books, Sweet Medicine by Panashe Chigumadzi and A Death Retold in Truth and Rumor by Grace Musila. While Professor Musila was unable to make it, Chigumadzi was part of the session that was chaired by Bob Kisiki. As usual, in what I am beginning…
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