Peter Kagayi

Shake up as Writivism gets new coordinators

Writivism, the movement aimed at bringing the writing game to the centre of the African narrative largely based in Kampala has a new team running things. They announced the new team yesterday but I was busy following deadline day on the English Premier League and therefore did nothing much. Yes, my Arsenal didn’t buy anyone to beat the deadline :'(

So to the new changes at Writivism in true EPL style reporting;

In (transfer figures unavailable)

  • Kagayi Peter, renowned Ugandan poet, and lawyer – Anglophone coordinator
  • Valerie Bah, writer and photographer – Francophone coordinator
  • Roland Niwagaba, tech-preneur, and IT professional – Communications Manager
  • Emmanuel Kwezi Tabaro, Zoology graduate and youth opinion leader – Administrator
Rebecca Rwakabukoza
Out: Rebecca Rwakabukoza

Out (transfer figures unavailable)

  • Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire
  • Rebecca Rwakabukoza
  • Lewis Ainebyona

“Promoted”

  • Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire – Fundraising and Partnerships, joins board

You can read the whole transfer list, sorry list of changes here.

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One response to “Shake up as Writivism gets new coordinators”

  1. […] Kagayi Peter is one of the most well-known names in the Ugandan poetry scene today. He came to prominence as the President of the Lantern Meet of Poets (Lamp), Uganda’s largest community of Poets a role he has since left behind. Lamp is a bi-weekly writers’ meeting established in 2007 at Makerere University. He also publishes literary critiques with newspapers The Notice and the Daily Monitor as well as on his blog. Most recently, he was appointed to be the Anglophone coordinator of the Writivism initiative. […]

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