Then there was Kampala, Uganda. Kampala is very important to the Writivism narrative as this was the country where the initiative was first implemented. The workshop at the biggest city in Uganda was at the Uganda Museum and facilitated by Nyana Kakoma and Dilman Dila.
Nyana Kakoma is a blogger in the dark art of the literary type with her blog So Many Stories and is a fiction writer in her own. Then there was Dilman Dila who is a writer with the short story collection A Killing in the Sun and other titles as well as a filmmaker; read his interview here.
The list of participants included Sydney Mugerwa, Saba El Lazim, Margaret Muthee, Lilian Akampurira Aujo, Harriet Anena, Anne Kirya, Emily Achieng, Charlotte Bossa, Nabimanya Praise, Emmanuel Ssebagala, Jacky Kemigisa, Paul Kisakye and Emmanuel Anyole.
Here is a sample of tweets from the event;
Kampala #Writivism2015 workshop already in progress. Almost all participants are time conscious. A cool three days begin.
— #Writivism2015 (@Writivism) January 29, 2015
#Writivism2015 “Short story surgery and Introduction to structure, characterization, dialogue and point of view” – Topic Of Discussion!
— #Writivism2015 (@Writivism) January 29, 2015
#Writivism2015 Kampala workshop. Always trust your readers.
— Josh O. Agaba™ (@AObedJ) January 29, 2015
Discussing Jennifer Makumbi’s Let’s Tell This Story Properly #Writivism2015 with @dilmandila @nyanaKakoma
— Harriet Anena (@ahpetite) January 29, 2015
#Writivism2015 Show don’t Tell.
— Josh O. Agaba™ (@AObedJ) January 29, 2015
#Writivism2015 Kampala workshops, @dilmandila @nyanakakoma @bwesigye pic.twitter.com/ikRX1GOEV7
— #Writivism2015 (@Writivism) January 30, 2015
#Writivism2015 Final day of workshop, cleansing and purging of stories using Makumbi’s Let’s Tell These Stories Properly as a bench mark!
— Emmanuel Anyole (@Mwalimu_Anyole) January 31, 2015
Looking around after emerging from the Kampala #writivism2015 workshop. Yay, it was just EVERYTHING! 🙂
— 에밀리아. (@aemmillia) February 2, 2015
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