By Sydney Mugerwa I always wanted to get into the mind of a writer. What soup do they stir in the kettle of their mind? From where do they purchase the condiments, those sweet smelling words, that aroma they infuse in their works. What words, what authors, do they look upon and say, that one right … More What the 2016 Writivists Read and Love
Amorphousness. Even though there was no agreement, this seemed to be the un-uttered agreement. That African literature is an amorphous affair looked at differently from varying lenses. It is a kaleidoscope of perspectives and there will likely be no agreement as long as there are more than one people interested in it. Maybe it is … More Don’t Forget the Younger People
My three days at Writivism, that is Day 1, Day 3 and Day 5 could be summed up in three words. Decolonisation. Books. Women. The argument for Decolonisation, why you need to read and why you should heed the women. I’ve not been to a literary festival outside Uganda but the one thing I am … More Decolonisation. Books. Women.
It is three weeks later, the sun is still shining, darkness still falls over the land and the birds are still noisy. In short, life has moved on – even the aftertaste is slowly but quickly fading. Writivism saw the meeting of some of the continent’s most talented literary minds. I say some because there were … More Mannequins are beige, alert the sand dunes!
The Writivism Prizes 