Tag: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
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Ugandan lawyer and writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija flees into exile.
Ugandan lawyer and writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has fled into exile. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is a Ugandan lawyer and writer of The Greedy Barbarian and Banana Republic: Where Writing is Treasonous. He was named the PEN 2021 Pinter International Writer of Courage Award which he was given by Tsitsi Dangarembga in October. In December, he wrote a…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga selects Kakwenza Rukirabashaija as PEN’s International Writer of Courage 2021.
Tsitsi Dangarembga selected Kakwenza Rukirabashaija as the PEN International Writer of Courage 2021 award. The revelation was made at a ceremony at the British Library, London, UK on Monday, October 11, 2021. The PEN Pinter Prize is awarded annually to a writer from Britain, the Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth who, in the words…