It is slightly over two weeks left to the highly anticipated #Writivism2016 festival. In our short Q & A series with previous festival staff, we feature Donald Maasa today. Donald was in charge of recruitment of volunteers for the 2014 festival, and went on to supervise them. We found out what his memories are, and … More Festival Take Five: Donald Maasa
The joint shortlist for the 2016 Writivism Prizes for Short Fiction, Poetry in Translation and Non Fiction have just been announced. Eleven writers from Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast are on the shortlist. Below we tell you more about them. Short Story Prize Gloria Mwaniga Minage is a high school teacher in … More Who are the shortlisted writers for the 2016 Writivism Prizes?
The festival month starts today. This means that we have only 21 days to the seven-day literary and cultural extravaganza in Kampala. In our short Q & As with previous and current staff, we are featuring Shari Hammond, who was the festival coordinator in 2014. She told us a few things about his involvement. 1. … More Festival Take Five : Shari Hammond
The joint shortlist for three 2016 Writivism prizes has been announced today (Monday August 1 2016). The shortlist was selected by the three different panels of judges for the three respective categories of this year’s prize. The Short Story Prize is judged by Tsitsi Dangarembga (chair), Sumayya Lee, Richard Ali A Mutu, Okwiri Oduor and Mamadou … More The 2016 Writivism Prize Joint Shortlist
The Writivism Prizes 