Nyana Kakoma Archives | James Murua's African Literature Blog

Esi Nshakira, Dushiime Kaguliro, and Carol Kagezi. Photo/ Max Bwire Blush Media.

Uganda

Sooo Many Stories give us new BookTube Channel #MeIRead

Ugandan publisher and blog Sooo Many Stories have unveiled their new BookTube channel, on YouTube, they call #MeIRead. Sooo Many Stories was started as a…

Festivals Kenya

Storymoja Festival 2017 set for Nairobi

James Murua September 18, 2017 No Comments Abdi Latif Dahir Abigail Arunga Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Adedayo Adeniyi Aleya Kassam Beth Wanjiku Ndirangu Billy Kahora Boniface Mwangi Bushra al-Fadil Clifford Oluoch Dr. Mordecai Ogada Edna Gicovi Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Elshadai Tesfaye Esther Nshakira Fathia Hassan Moussa Fauza Beltz Hillary Namunyu Ian Arunga Iman Verjee Janet Onyango John Gitau Mbaria Julie Muriuki Kariuki wa Nyamu Kinyanjui Kombani Lea Kilenga Leonard Mindore Liz Kilili Mara Menzies Maryana Munyendo Milka Chepkorir Kuto Muthoni wa Gichuru Muthuri Kinyamu Mwarv (Mwangi Kirubi)Nahida Esmail Natasha Muloko Nyana Kakoma Oswald Okaitei Owaahh Patrick Miller (Millz)Pauline Kea Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Rasna Warah Rebecca Nandwa Rose Wangari Ruby Yayra Goka Sir Mohinder Dhillon Storymoja Festival Storymoja Festival 2017 Tumiso L. Thomas William E. Mkufya XN Iraki

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

Publishers Uganda

Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa signed to Sooo Many Stories

James Murua March 14, 2017 1 Comment 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…

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…

Poetry Uganda

Sooo Many Stories to launch Kagayi Peter’s poetry collection

James Murua May 23, 2016 1 Comment Kagayi Peter Nyana Kakoma Sooo Many Stories

Sooo Many Stories, Uganda’s newest publishing house, is set to launch Kagayi Peter’s poetry collection in June. Sooo Many Stories, run by the irrepressible Nyana…

Festivals Ghana Kenya Nigeria Zimbabwe

Writivism Day 1: Master Classes, Panel, Tsitsi and Rolex

James Murua June 18, 2015 No Comments Carol Beyanga Ikhide Ikheloa James Murua Michela Wrong Mukoma Wa Ngugi Nyana Kakoma Tsitsi Dangarembga Writivism Writivism Festival Writivism Festival 2015

*Jeff Koinange voice* What a day! What a series of master classes! What a panel! What a speech by the one and only TSISTI DANGAREMBGA!…

Festivals Ghana Kenya Nigeria Uganda Zimbabwe

The Writivism Festival 2015 is here! (Day one is coming)

James Murua June 16, 2015 No Comments Angelo Izama Carol Beyanga Ikhide Ikheloa James Murua Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Michela Wrong Mukoma Wa Ngugi Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Nyana Kakoma Paula Akugizibwe Tsitsi Dangarembga Writivism Festival Writivism Festival 2015

The hype towards the Writivism Festival 2015 happening in Kampala, Uganda has been intense with good reason. We love the idea of activism to get…

Education

Writivism Workshops 2015: Kampala 28th-31st January

James Murua February 4, 2015 No Comments Anne Kirya Charlotte Bossa Dilman Dila Emily Achieng Emmanuel Anyole Emmanuel Ssebagala Harriet Anena Jacky Kemigisa Lilian Akampurira Aujo Margaret Muthee Nabimanya Praise Nyana Kakoma Paul Kisakye Saba El Lazim Sydney Mugerwa Writivism Writivism 2015 Writivism Workshops Writivism Workshops 2015

Then there was Kampala, Uganda. Kampala is very important to the Writivism narrative as this was the country where the initiative was first implemented. The…