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List of Ugandan writers, the Glossary

This is a list of noted Ugandan writers, born or raised in Uganda, whether living there or overseas, and writing in one of the languages of Uganda.^[1]

85 relations: Andrew Rugasira, Angella Emurwon, Apollo Kaggwa, Arthur Gakwandi, Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi, Austin Bukenya, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Bahadur Tejani, Bake Robert Tumuhaise, Barbara Kimenye, Beatrice Lamwaka, Beverley Nambozo, Bonnie Lubega, Buganda, Busingye Kabumba, Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire, Catherine Samali Kavuma, Charles Mayiga, Charles Onyango-Obbo, China Keitetsi, Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow, Dilman Dila, Doreen Baingana, Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu, Eneriko Seruma, Ernest Bazanye, Evangeline Barongo, Glaydah Namukasa, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Grace Akello, Harriet Anena, Henry Kyemba, Hilda Twongyeirwe, Ife Piankhi, Irshad Manji, Ivan Matthias Mulumba, Jackee Budesta Batanda, James Munange Ogoola, Jason Ntaro, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Jessica Horn, John Nagenda, John Ruganda, Judith Adong, Julius Ocwinyo, Kabaka of Buganda, Kabubi Herman, Keturah Kamugasa, Languages of Uganda, Lillian Aujo, ... Expand index (35 more) »
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Andrew Rugasira

Andrew Rugasira is a Ugandan businessman and author. List of Ugandan writers and Andrew Rugasira are Ugandan writers.

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Angella Emurwon

Angella Emurwon is a Ugandan playwright.

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Apollo Kaggwa

Sir Apollo Kagwa (standard Luganda orthography spelling Kaggwa) (1864–1927) was a major intellectual and political leader in Uganda when it was under British rule.

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Arthur Gakwandi

Arthur Gakwandi is a novelist, short story writer and diplomat.

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Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi is a Ugandan playwright, performer, and producer, currently working as Specialist for Sundance Institute East Africa and a mentor with the Hamburg, Germany-based Do School, caceafrica.wordpress.com.

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Austin Bukenya

Austin Bukenya (born 10 February 1944) is a Ugandan poet, playwright, novelist and academic administrator.

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Ayeta Anne Wangusa

Ayeta Anne Wangusa (born Kampala, Uganda, 9 September 1971) is a Ugandan writer and activist. List of Ugandan writers and Ayeta Anne Wangusa are Ugandan writers.

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Bahadur Tejani

Bahadur Tejani (born 1942) is a Kenyan poet, novelist, playwright and literary critic.

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Bake Robert Tumuhaise

Bake Robert Tumuhaise is a Ugandan author and motivational speaker.

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Barbara Kimenye

Barbara Kimenye (19 December 1929 – 12 August 2012) was a British-born writer who became one of the most popular and best-selling children's authors in East Africa, where she lived from the 1950s.

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Beatrice Lamwaka

Beatrice Lamwaka (born and raised in Alokolum, Gulu) is a Ugandan writer.

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Beverley Nambozo

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva is a Ugandan writer,, courrierdesafriques.net Retrieved 25 December 2014 poet,, mildredbarya.com.

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Bonnie Lubega

Bonnie Lubega (born 1929) is an Ugandan novelist, fiction writer and lexicographer.

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Buganda

Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda.

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Busingye Kabumba

Busingye Kabumba (born 12 June 1982) is a Ugandan lawyer and poet.

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Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire

Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire is a Ugandan writer and lawyer, and the co-founder of the Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE), the organisation that curates the pan-African Writivism literary initiative. List of Ugandan writers and Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire are Ugandan writers.

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Catherine Samali Kavuma

Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960) is a novelist and a prominent Ugandan personality.

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Charles Mayiga

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Charles Onyango-Obbo

Charles "Mase" Onyango-Obbo, also Charles Onyango Obbo, (born 1958) is a Ugandan author, journalist, and former Editor of Mail & Guardian Africa.

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China Keitetsi

China Keitetsi (born 1976) is a Ugandan activist campaigning against the use of child soldiers.

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Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow

Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1 May 1929 – 20 August 2006), business.highbeam.com (22 December 2006). List of Ugandan writers and Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow are Ugandan writers.

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Dilman Dila

Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer, film maker ignitechannel.com. List of Ugandan writers and Dilman Dila are Ugandan writers.

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Doreen Baingana

Doreen Baingana (born 1966) is a Ugandan writer.

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Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu

Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (31 August 1938 – 31 October 1979) was a Ugandan poet and dramatist.

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Eneriko Seruma

Eneriko Seruma is the pen name for Ugandan poet, novelist and short story writer Henry S. Kimbugwe (born 1944). List of Ugandan writers and Eneriko Seruma are Ugandan writers.

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Ernest Bazanye

Ernest Bazanye is a Ugandan journalist, blogger, author, and scriptwriter. List of Ugandan writers and Ernest Bazanye are Ugandan writers.

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Evangeline Barongo

Evangeline Barongo is a Ugandan author of children's literature.

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Glaydah Namukasa

Glaydah Namukasa is a Ugandan writer, aflit.arts.Retrieved 7 February 2014 and midwife.

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Goretti Kyomuhendo

Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1 August 1965) is a Ugandan novelist and literary activist.

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Grace Akello

Grace Akello (born 1950) is a Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist, and politician.

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Harriet Anena

Ber Anena born and previously published as Harriet Anena is a Ugandan writer and performer, whose writing includes poetry, nonfiction and fiction.

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Henry Kyemba

Henry Kisaja Magumba Kyemba (8 February 1939 – 19 October 2023) was a Ugandan political figure who held several high positions and finally became Minister of Health during Uganda's rule by Idi Amin.

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Hilda Twongyeirwe

Hilda Twongyeirwe is a Ugandan writer and editor.

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Ife Piankhi

Ife Piankhi is a Uganda-born poet, singer,, startjournal.org.

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Irshad Manji

Irshad Manji (born 1968) is a Ugandan-born Canadian educator.

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Ivan Matthias Mulumba

Ivan Matthias Mulumba is a Ugandan writer, writers.net. List of Ugandan writers and Ivan Matthias Mulumba are Ugandan writers.

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Jackee Budesta Batanda

Jackee Budesta Batanda is a Ugandan journalist,, The Guardian. List of Ugandan writers and Jackee Budesta Batanda are Ugandan writers.

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James Munange Ogoola

Justice James Ogoola (sometimes referred to as James Munange Ogoola) is the former Principal Judge of the High Court of Uganda and a Justice of the COMESA Court of Justice in Lusaka, Zambia. List of Ugandan writers and James Munange Ogoola are Ugandan writers.

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Jason Ntaro

Jason Ntaro is a Ugandan poet, lanternmeet.wordpress.com. List of Ugandan writers and Jason Ntaro are Ugandan writers.

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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s) is a Ugandan-British novelist and short story writer.

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Jessica Horn

Jessica Horn (born 1979) is a feminist activist, writer, poet, and an advisor on women's rights with Ugandan, imow.org.

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John Nagenda

John Mwesigwa Robin Nagenda (25 April 1938 – 4 March 2023) was a Ugandan writer, political figure, and sportsman. List of Ugandan writers and John Nagenda are Ugandan writers.

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John Ruganda

John Ruganda (30 May 1941 to 8 December 2007) was Uganda's best known playwright.

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Judith Adong

Judith Adonng is a Ugandan playwright and filmmaker. List of Ugandan writers and Judith Adong are Ugandan writers.

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Julius Ocwinyo

Julius Ocwinyo (born 1961) is a Ugandan editor, poet and novelist.

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Kabaka of Buganda

Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.

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Kabubi Herman

Kabubi Herman is a Ugandan author and poet.

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Keturah Kamugasa

Keturah Lydia Kamugasa (died December 20, 2017) was a Ugandan writer and journalist most notable for her weekly column in The New Vision daily, called "Style with Keturah Kamugasa".

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Languages of Uganda

In Uganda the most spoken language in the capital city is Luganda, followed by English (also the official language since 1962), as all schools in Uganda use it in their studies due to the introduction of English during the colonial period.

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Lillian Aujo

Lillian Aujo is a Ugandan author.

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Lillian Tindyebwa

Lillian Tindyebwa is a Ugandan writer living in Kampala.

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List of African writers by country

This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. List of Ugandan writers and list of African writers by country are lists of writers by nationality.

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Lubwa p'Chong

Lubwa p'Chong (20 August 1946 – February 1997) was a Ugandan playwright and poet. List of Ugandan writers and Lubwa p'Chong are Ugandan writers.

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Mahmood Mamdani

Mahmood Mamdani, FBA (born 23 April 1946) is an Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator.

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Mary Karooro Okurut

Mary Busingye Karoro Okurut (born 8 December 1954), more commonly known as Mary Karoro Okurut, is a Ugandan educator, author and politician.

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Michael B. Nsimbi

Dr. List of Ugandan writers and Michael B. Nsimbi are Ugandan writers.

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Mildred Barya

Mildred Kiconco Barya is a writer and poet from Uganda.

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Monica Arac de Nyeko

Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979) is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi.

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Moses Isegawa

Moses Isegawa, also known as Sey Wava (born 10 August 1963), is a Ugandan author.

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Mutesa II of Buganda

Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was Kabaka, or king, of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. List of Ugandan writers and Mutesa II of Buganda are Ugandan writers.

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Nakisanze Segawa

Nakisanze Segawa is a Ugandan poet monitor.co.ug.

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Nick Twinamatsiko

Nick Twinamatsiko is a Ugandan writer and civil engineer. List of Ugandan writers and Nick Twinamatsiko are Ugandan writers.

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Nyana Kakoma

Nyana Kakoma is a Ugandan writer, editor, blogger, and publisher, shortstorydayafrica.org, 14 September 2016.

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Okello Oculi

Okello Oculi (born 1 January 1942) is a Ugandan novelist, poet, and chronicler of rural African village life.

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Okot p'Bitek

Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wishes everything to be westernised.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ugandan_writers

Also known as Ugandan writers.

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List of Ugandan writers, the Glossary

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See also

Lists of Ugandan people by occupation

Ugandan writers

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