By Eliseus Bamporineza “I have read…” echoed in my world. At the African Writers Trust (AWT) Writing and Reading Residency 2021, I felt empowered by inspiring voices from my fellow writers every time they gave feedback on different stories shared by some of us. It stunned me to hear them […]
Stories of Transformation
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By Precious C. Kemigisha Arrival: Rose of SharonThe first thing I noticed as we entered the gate at HotSprings Villa were the flowers adorning the perfectly trimmed hedges. I walked to the Hibiscus tree and simply stared at the pretty red petals and yellow anthers of its Rose of Sharon […]
When I applied for the African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme and was subsequently shortlisted for the workshop, I thought I knew what I was supposed to know about self-publishing. After all, I have self-published three books already and I knew what it takes to be a self-published author, right? […]
When Goretti asked me to write a short piece on how the African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme impacted me, my knee jerk reaction was to speak to the technical transformation. And there was so much to talk about in that space. I wanted to talk about the completely eye-opening […]
When the African Writers Trust made a call for applicants, I threw my hat in the ring. There was no optimism or self-confidence in this act. In fact, I was quite sure that I would be facing yet another rejection from a distinguished writing programme. I merely braced for the […]
“Reading is an art of seduction. So writers must craft their words to compel a reader to feel pleasant.” Okey Ndibe Prof. Okey’s electrifying storytelling skills planted a seed in my spirit that must germinate in the near future. It transformed the core of my identity as a writer, and […]
I recently participated in the AWT Professional Training workshop for Creative Writers in Kampala on the 9th and 10th of September 2019. The workshop, facilitated by novelist and distinguished professor of Creative Writing, Okey Ndibe was excellent; similar to the AWT: Uganda International Writers Conference in May 2019, which I […]
Patrick Alfter learnt about the 4th edition of the Uganda International Writers Conference (UIWC) purely by coincidence, which he is rather very thankful for. A postgraduate student of English Literature and Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, Mr Alfter was in Uganda a month before the Conference opened […]
I’ve probably written or talked about my writing story more than I can count. And at the core of the story is a sentence. Every time I think about it, exhilaration sparks even if for a brief moment. “if something is for you, you can’t run away from it”. That’s […]
Uganda International Writers Conference. An exhilarating experience. Uganda’s own Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi started the three day event off with a debut of her short story collection ‘Manchester Happened.’ Reminding us all that a life away from home is not as glamorous as it seems and these experiences need to be […]