MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling ‘sooo’ many stories from Uganda

>Nyana Kakoma is a Ugandan blogger based in Kampala. She started writing when she was in high school and has worked as a journalist before she quit and decided to be a blogger.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Dec

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time

>Hussein Tuwa,43, recently took home about Sh7 million with his winning book ‘Temporary Orphan’ after he was announced as the second  winner of Burt Award for African Literature (BAAL). He shares with Success his writing journey.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Sep

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling African tales that really matter

>On June 13, 2014, Commonwealth Writers announced Jennifer Makumbi as the overall winner of 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in Kampala.

 

11 years ago

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13 May

MEET THE AUTHOR: Jacqueline Guest: Award winning children’s author

>Jacqueline is a Métis writer, the Métis people are one of the recognised Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The 60 year old has 18 published books for children. She lives in a log cabin nestled in the pinewoods of the Rocky Mountain foothills of Alberta.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Apr

MEET THE AUTHOR: Tololwa Mollel, a talented children’s book author

>Tololwa Mollel is a children’s author, dramatist and storyteller, who has written sixteen books and several plays as well as stories that he created or adapted for various types  of performance.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

There are not enough storytellers telling African stories

>Lisa Noudehou clearly remembers how her father used to read to her when she was a little girl. Together, they would make up stories and enjoy each other’s company that way. Now that Lisa has children of her own – Matoko (19) and Sena (15) – she has had many made up stories with the two of them.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jul

Telling the forgotten stories of MV Liemba

To the passengers aboard the Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) coach, these were just some wazungus enjoying life in this part of the world. But for the Das letzte Kleinod, this was a pursuit of stories that connect the Germany landscape to the rest of the world.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jun

ZIFF: We’re not telling enough stories - Pheto

ZIFF is turning out to be a common meeting place for filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Stone Town at a season that has been christened a ‘Common Destiny’.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Feb

Telling the stories of ordinary Tanzanian people

If you, like many Africans survive on a steady and somewhat gluttonous diet of western films and documentaries and crave something original and packed with local flavour, then Taswira Yetu is just the show for you.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Nov

Children’s author shares a secret worth telling

>After giving birth to her daughter Marli five years ago, Naomi Hunter started having severe flashbacks.  The repressed  childhood memories were about the  horrific sexual abuse she had suffered in the hands of two men who were friends of her family.

 

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