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Storymoja Festival 2017 set for Nairobi

An epic running of the Storymoja Festival 2017 is set for September 27 – October 1 in Nairobi, Kenya. The festival theme this year is…

Philippa Namutebi Kabali Kagwa. Photo/Tweny Moments

Book Launches Poetry Uganda

Philippa Namutebi Kabali Kagwa launches ‘Flame and Song’ in Kampala

James Murua April 7, 2017 1 Comment Flame and Song Nyana Kakoma Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Sooo Many Stories

Philippa Namutebi Kabali Kagwa launched her debut collection of prose and poetry Flame and Song at a well-attended event in Kampala, Uganda on Tuesday April 4,…

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Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa signed to Sooo Many Stories

James Murua March 14, 2017 No Comments Flame and Song Nyana Kakoma Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Sooo Many Stories

Cape Town based storyteller Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa has signed to Ugandan publisher Sooo Many Stories. She will be launching her memoir Flame and Song on…

Rosebell Kagumiire, Nyana Kakoma, Elone Natumanya and Zaahida Nabagereka

African Literary Festivals Uganda

Kagumiire, Kakoma and Nabagereka kick off Uganda International Writers Conference 2017

James Murua March 7, 2017 No Comments African Writers Trust Elone Natumanya Goretti Kyomuhendo Nyana Kakoma Rosebell Kagumiire Uganda International Writers Conference 2017 Uganda International Writers’ Conference Zaahida Nabagereka

Rosebell Kagumiire, Nyana Kakoma and Zaahida Nabagereka were the first panellists at the Uganda International Writers Conference 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. They were moderated by…

Book Launches Poetry Uganda

Kagayi Peter launches poetry collection in Kampala

James Murua June 10, 2016 4 Comments Kagayi Peter Nyana Kakoma Sooo Many Stories The Headline That Morning

There was a festive mood in Kampala as poet Kagayi Peter launched his debut poetry collection The Headline That Morning on 8th June 2016. The…

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Saraba eyes East Africa with Storymoja collaboration

James Murua August 24, 2015 No Comments Ciku Kimeria Julie Muriuki Nyana Kakoma Saraba Storymoja Festival Tolu Daniel

We all know Saraba for their work in the anthology space as well as with their new manuscript project. This time round the team from…

Uganda

A partnership between Kampala and Bremen writers

James Murua January 6, 2015 1 Comment Bremen Writes Kampala Deborah Asiimwe Kampala Writes Bremen Nyana Kakoma Ssekandi Ronald Ssegujja

Kenyans will be familiar with a partnership in the last few years called BLNRB. This project involved artists, of the musical kind, from between Kenya…

Anthologies Book Reviews Fiction

A review of the first Jalada Collective

James Murua February 28, 2014 5 Comments Alexander Ikawah Anne Moraa Clifton Gachagua Jacque Ndinda Kiprop Kimutai Moses Kilolo Novuyo Rosa Tshuma Nyana Kakoma Orem Ochiel Tuelo Gabonewe Wambui Wairua and Idza Luhumyo

Book: Sketch of a bald woman in the semi-nude and other stories Writers: Tuelo Gabonewe, Jacque Ndinda, Orem Ochiel, Nyana Kakoma, Alexander Ikawah, Anne Moraa,…