By George Gumikiriza The thrill of uncertainty hits different when adventure is all the journey ahead holds in promise. One traveler might prefer rugged terrain with waterfalls gushing their excitement beneath valleys, another a plush game reserve traipsed by frisky fauna, this one however was an adventure of minds — […]
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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By Lillian Tibasiima The African Writers Trust(AWT) Writing and Reading Residency helped me realize that I greatly needed to improve my craft. Previously, I would start writing without planning; I would think about the characters and the story as I went along and I would suffer from writer’s block, almost […]
by Ann Agwang April 27th to May 2nd 2021 has been the best week of my life yet. I arrived at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday 27th April to a cosy room, excellent hotel service and a glass of juice for the African Writers Trust (AWT) Writing and Reading Residency at […]
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 […]
Article first appeared on The EastAfrican. American feminist, theorist and writer bell hooks often says that patriarchy has no gender, and Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi offers an unflinching look at this maxim in her second novel, out this month in North America with the title A Girl is a Body of […]
African Writers Trust has trained writers for 10 years now. Some of whom have gone ahead to publish their work, start publishing houses, offer editorial services and so on and so forth. During day two of the AWT Poetry Training workshop, three of our alumni were guest speakers. Ronald Kasirivu […]
Fairway Hotel in Kampala is silent on the rainy May evening that Jackie Kay, Scottish poet and novelist, stands to read her poetry. The Uganda International Writers Conference has just ended, but most of the delegates are still here. In fact, the crowd seems larger than it was during the […]
On the early morning that I interview Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi about her latest book, Kampala is rainy and wet but it instantly gets warmer when Makumbi walks smilingly into the hotel lobby. Clad in a sleeveless cream top and flowered slacks, she could easily pass for a holiday maker, but […]
Day one of the Professional Training workshop for Creative Writers gathered participants from various walks of life; from practising writers to a few that are just starting out. The one common strand between all of them was that they felt the call to write and to add quality or improve […]
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 […]