PRESS RELEASE Monday, 18th May, 2020 Motswana writer, Botho Lejowa has today been announced as the winner of the African Writers Trust 2020 Seed Funding worth EURO 4,200. Now in its second edition, the budget is offered under the organisation’s Publishing Fellowship programme, designed to create a step-change in the […]
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Author: The Hekaya Arts Initiative Book Blurb: Abdi wants to create a new tune and galvanise his dying band, find his father and, reunite with his lover. When his love is tested, Abdi follows the winds north from Kilwa to Mombasa, carrying his hopes and dreams along. He must survive heartbreak […]
KUONYESHA ART FUND, a local Arts support initiative by CivSource Africa. Kuonyesha is a Swahili word that means to show/exhibit. Through Kuonyesha Art fund, we will show, depict, highlight, elevate, spotlight, support and celebrate the Arts in Uganda starting with the three regions of Kampala, Karamoja and Gulu. Kuonyesha Art fund […]
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 […]