Publisher: Femrite Publications, Uganda
Pages: 276
Year: 2017
Category: Anthologies & Collections, Literature, Poetry
Dimensions: 198 x 129mm
Poems from Uganda
This poetry anthology offers a feast and face of poetry as it
currently is in Uganda. It is all encompassing and presents a variety of
writers ranging from seasoned voices to new ones of great promise. The
voices are adventurous, reflective, provocative and even sassy. The
poets explore with passion diverse themes from the private to the public
realm reassuring the reader that poetry is about everything and is
perhaps everything. The pages of this anthology pulsate with rhythmic
variations that give unexpected pleasure and provoke the reader to be
exceptionally alert. This is a welcome companion to the Uganda Poetry Anthology 2000.
Price range: £20.00 through £21.00
About the editors
Susan Nalugwa Kiguli is an academic and poet. She holds a PhD in English from The University of Leeds (UK) sponsored by the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme. She was the African Studies Association Presidential Fellow, 2011 and this presented her with an opportunity to read her poetry at the Library of Congress, Washington DC in November, 2011. She has served as the chairperson of FEMRITE, Uganda Women Writers’ Association. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the African Writers Trust (AWT). She was the chief convener for Celebrating Ugandan Writing: Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino at 50 held at Makerere University in March, 2016. She is the author of The African Saga and Home Floats in a Distance/Zuhause Treibt in der Ferne(Gedichte): a bilingual edition in English and German.
Twongyeirwe Hilda is an editor and has also published creative and non-fiction works in different anthologies and Journals. She is currently the Executive Director of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association. She is a recipient of 2018 National Medal and 2018 Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Award, both for her contribution to Uganda’s Literary Heritage and Women Emancipation. She is a member of The Graca Machel Trust Women in Media Network, Action for Development and FEMRITE.