Tag: Mildred Barya
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Mildred Barya wins Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award 2015
It’s official. Ugandan writer and poet Mildred Barya has been selected as the 2015 winner of the Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award. The residency includes a two months stay in a subsidized apartment on the German island of Sylt. She follows in the illustrious steps of folks like Nii Ayikwei Parkes (2014) and Chika…
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Images from the Uganda International Writers’ Conference 2015
So I gave a snapshot from the 2015 edition of the Uganda International Writers’ Conference on Wednesday. Here are images from the organisers who had invited a huge number of authors. Thanks organisers!
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A snapshot of the Uganda International Writers’ Conference 2015
It was all going down in Kampala, Uganda as writers from around the continent converged for the 2015 edition of the Uganda International Writers’ Conference. There was a large number of events from 1st to 6th March with the theme some free and some paid with the theme, Memoir and Truth. Some of the highlights…