You will not take it for granted that yet another poetry collection is released in Uganda today. For me, it has been a year of discovering and appreciating poetry from this country. At the beginning of the year, I was privileged to delve into Mulumba’s “Poetry in Motion”, then finally tasting Kagayi’s work in “The … More A Poetic Duet brings out the new from the old.
By Kirabo Byabashaija This must be every parent’s nightmare… Well, actually almost every father’s nightmare. That was my conclusion and I was only 85 words into the 3,465 worded piece. I giggled because I saw my late father written all over Aito’s introduction. Aito spins a tale of old pride in cultures that are slowly … More The List pays tribute to Old Pride in dying cultures
Joel Ntwatwa This collection of short stories by Writivism mentees deserved more than a few words so I took the time to give each one at least a paragraph review or so. This Writivism Flash Fiction Anthology is continuing celebration of African writing that keeps coming up to the surface and thanks must be given to … More Humour will Make Your Heart Skip A Beat
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
The Writivism Prizes 