The first recipient of The Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award is Idza Luhumyo. Idza Luhumyo was born in Mombasa and lives in between Kilifi and Nairobi, where she works as a screenwriter and copywriter. She holds a degree in Law from the University of Nairobi. Her writing […]
New Daughters of Africa
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Deadline: 20 February 2020 The total value of the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa scholarship will be at least £20,000. Tuition fees will be deducted from this amount and any remainder may be used towards maintenance. In addition, an accommodation scholarship will be provided by Friends of International Students’ House […]
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 […]
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 […]