My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Motswana Playwright/Actor/Writer Donald Molosi has fascinated me for a while now, with his awe-inspiring one-man act. Molosi is so highly acclaimed, I doubt he has any more lapel real-estate to adorn any more accolades, and unsurprisingly, he keeps breaking new ground with his riveting plays. If only he … More Rethinking Our Perceived Identity
Someone tell Donald Molosi, he needs a Ugandan name. Perhaps Musisi, like an earthquake -a bold shaker of things. And perhaps this is not too far from the ideals he passes on in the two plays in “We Are All Blue”. He is African, yet he is not just African, he is a citizen of the … More I am Also Blue
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
Kirabo Byabashaija has been enjoying Oduor Jagero’s The Ghosts of 1894 too much. In the review, published as part of the 2016 Africa Reading Challenge, she says: This gripping thriller will hook it’s unrelenting claws into you and keep you turning her pages. There are some tiny details that did often wake me from my reverie, like … More Is Kabale more Rural than Busia?
The Writivism Prizes 