Tag: Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival
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Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016 to make Kampala splash
The Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016, founded by Beverley Nambozo, will be making a Kampala splash as poets and other performers land in the Ugandan capital from 24-26th August 2016. There will a flurry of activity over a three day period in venues around Kampala featuring some of the most well-known names in African poetry…
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BN Poetry Award 2015 longlist unveiled
A few days ago I mentioned here that there is a poetry festival about to hit Kampala, Uganda in a few weeks. The festival, the Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival was started initially as the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award popularly known as the BN Poetry Award which is the only poetry prize on the African continent. Seriously,…