By Lillian Akampurira Aujo I was recently honoured to be one of the recipients of the African Writers Trust (AWT) and International Writing Program (IWP) Writing and Reading Residency. For someone writing on the continent, such opportunities remain few and rare – especially now that the Covid 19 pandemic has […]
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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 — […]
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 […]
African Writers Trust is delighted to announce a new partnership with The International Writing Program, The University of IOWA. The International Writing Program (IWP) is a unique conduit for the world’s literatures, connecting well-established writers from around the globe, bringing international literature into classrooms, introducing American writers to other cultures […]
Article by BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI The government policy of promoting science subjects over the arts is having effects on the labour market with some employers observing that majority of the current crop of graduates lack communication and critical thinking skills needed in the workplace. This critical observation emerged at a public dialogue […]
The international literary scene is hard to crack. Africa has a sort of laissez-faire approach to publishing. There are hardly any literary agents on the continent. Day two of the workshop helped us understand how the international literary world works. Glaydah Namukasa, author of Deadly Ambition and Voice of a […]
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 […]
Okey Ndibe’s “Foreign Gods, Inc.” tells the story of a Nigerian-born New Yorker called Ike. Ike has an Amherst degree in economics, however, his accent has kept him from finding a job in corporate America. So he works as a cab driver. His customers mispronounce his name, and the name […]