Tag: Writivism Festival 2014
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Sights from Writivism Festival 2014 from winner Saaleha Idrees Bamjee
The Writivism Festival 2014 happened last week in Kampala Uganda and was very well received by folks from the literature business. Saaleha Idrees Bamjee was the winner of the Writivism short story prize this year which gave her Uganda Shillings 1,000,000/= (Kshs33,333) for her story Out of the Blue. If you read the story you…
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A Smashing Writivism 2014
The last week saw one of the biggest gatherings of African writers on this continent of ours for a long while as the Writivism Festival 2014 rolled into Kampala, Uganda. There were also writing master classes, panels, speeches, and a variety of talks from Ellen Banda-Aaku, Samuel Kolawole, Zukiswa Wanner, literary agent David Godwin, Ella…
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Writivism: Zukiswa Wanner, NoViolet Bulawayo, Nii Ayikwei Parkes & Jennifer Makumbi book signing
Next week all eyes will be on Kampala, Uganda for the Writivism Festival 2014. Many events will be happening at what is gearing up to be the biggest literary event in East Africa. As part of our coverage of the event, I will be focusing on events that we feel are outstanding for people who…
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Writivism festival 2014 in Kampala for June
The Writivism Festival is set for Kampala, Uganda from the 18th – the 22nd of June this year. I have been following The Writivism initiative with keen interest. The program which is aimed at pushing literature to the next level started last year quietly but has grown very fast very quickly with many capitals taking…