Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | Kitara Nation | Activity https://muwado.com/members/kitaranation/activity/ Activity feed for Kitara Nation. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:28:00 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 aa2eebb9c2596405744cf9d12f2ee2c3 Kitara Nation started the topic UNGODLY HOUR by Mt. St. Mary’s College Namagunga Students in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13177/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:43:51 +0300 “This anthology also highlights important conversations that need to be had; rape, defilement, female oppression, global warming, politics, discrimination among others. We hear a generation that is worried for the state of our nation, and for the generations to come. You will feel the anger, sadness and mixed emotions through lyrical puns and s…Read more

]]> 0 722bfba4b2efe59a7aff22d33f4e62df Kitara Nation started the topic THE SAVANNAH KNOWS NO FRIENDS – Poems From 13 Ugandan High Schools in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13176/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:41:01 +0300 This book, the first anthology of its kind, encompasses poems collected from 3 different national High School poetry programs. It could perhaps be the only book of this kind in East Africa.

Click here to order a copy

Read the book? Use the form at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts about it. To respond to another comment, click…Read more

]]> 0 5b27b9a7160fb1f425cf870de6e0ab8f Kitara Nation started the topic THE POETRY BUNGALOW by Seeta High School Writers Club in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13175/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:39:28 +0300 “The young writers have vehemently demonstrated their frustrations, puzzles and hopes in a society with adults swallowed in know-it-all snobbery. The poetic arrows in this poetry collection declare war on societal silence on things that matter most and draw lines to proper order of the ideal society, a society in which they would love to dwell n…Read more

]]> 0 18a7ab9cf5825fc6714499a910ad476a Kitara Nation started the topic THE GOD PLAYERS by Itah Patience Mbethki in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13174/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:38:04 +0300 “On the whole, this book is a triumph for the author and The Poetry Series by KITARA NATION. The lexical arrangements uplift its rhythm with a triumph of apostrophic repetition that is typical of Kitara’s style (For the mood has changed/And the boys have changed/ And the girls have changed/ And the boss has changed). Each part of the book (wh…Read more

]]> 0 d578bf4c5cbdd9cffd11568fe23fa361 Kitara Nation started the topic RHYMES, METAPHORS, AND I by Verse In Vac in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13173/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:36:34 +0300 RHYMES, METAPHORS, AND I by Verse In VacUGX30,000
“Artistically, it is one of the most engaging anthologies I have read in a very long time. Each poem is special for the way it seems to roll off your tongue. The pattern of rhythm and sound of the words or prosody is enhanced, line on line, by enjambment as feelings spill while carrying the run o…Read more

]]> 0 376ab8b9626e94e4a2d8f39c6af43f27 Kitara Nation replied to the topic DECOUNTRYRIZED (I HAVE LEFT MY HOME IN YOUR MEMORY) by Acha Divine Patandjilla in the forum Book Club (Spoilers!) https://muwado.com/activity/p/13172/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:33:34 +0300 Read the book? Use the form at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts about it. To respond to another comment, click reply above it and leave your thoughts in the comments.

]]> 0 ad678b43be5ecf895ae34f491e7c0107 Kitara Nation replied to the topic LIGHT by Begumya Nkabafunzaki Rushongoza in the forum Book Club (Spoilers!) https://muwado.com/activity/p/13171/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:33:02 +0300 Read the book? Use the form at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts about it. To respond to another comment, click reply above it and leave your thoughts in the comments.

]]> 0 8819d6992d161a85defcd7cb7561699f Kitara Nation replied to the topic NO SPEAKING VERNACULAR by Kagayi Ngobi in the forum Book Club (Spoilers!) https://muwado.com/activity/p/13170/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:32:39 +0300 Read the book? Use the form at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts about it. To respond to another comment, click reply above it and leave your thoughts in the comments.

]]> 0 a20c8a6fd24a33d597ad074a0e3f8608 Kitara Nation replied to the topic DON’T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH by Bridget Ankunda in the forum Book Club (Spoilers!) https://muwado.com/activity/p/13169/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:32:01 +0300 Read the book? Use the form at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts about it. To respond to another comment, click reply above it and leave your thoughts in the comments.

]]> 0 f490a00a50c3e9f100a52ecd4ee99008 Kitara Nation started the topic ONE DAY THE SUN WILL VISIT MY HOME by St. Joseph’s Girls SSS in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13168/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:31:32 +0300 The poems in this anthology were written during the poetry training conducted by Kitara Nation at St. Joseph’s Girls’ S.S.S Nsambya (JOGINSA). The poems express themselves on a range of issues in society like politics, culture, God, domestic violence, among others. This impressive anthology proves the potential that exists among young people if…Read more

]]> 0 20e961ac2e1f045df991487667025b12 Kitara Nation started the topic NO SPEAKING VERNACULAR by Kagayi Ngobi in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13167/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:28:20 +0300 “No speaking Vernacular was beautifully performed; humourous, witty, revealing. I thought the play clearly brought out the shortcomings of an education system that wholly demonizes the use of native languages in schools. No Speaking Vernacular pits Mr. Full stop, the John Speke High School Headteacher against Dambya, (Nsubuga Muhammad) a r…Read more

]]> 0 0b0a973d9d9497e4fe45e39ecb442c5a Kitara Nation started the topic LIGHT by Begumya Nkabafunzaki Rushongoza in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13166/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:26:48 +0300 “I think of Rusho’s LIGHT as an act of taking the veil off the world; of the man he is, and that of the people around him. I am deliberate about calling it an act because it’s memory in motion. Each poem dances below a bulb at its own tempo and intent. Some of them seek it, the spot, while others avoid it so that the pains and injustices in their…Read more

]]> 0 1372bc223a9e7f55ad4a8bde18e7a973 Kitara Nation started the topic LAMENTING SIRENS by Richard Otwao in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13165/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:19:23 +0300 “A nation turning into a mortuary” as an “experiment in human suffering”. This is an example of how powerful Richard Otwao’s poetry is: using deceptively simple diction and imagery, he vividly captures the tragedy that African countries have suffered in different situations of war, dictatorship, deprivation, disease, and insult, to mention b…Read more

]]> 0 7886eade1d24817018c3f0cf7338590c Kitara Nation started the topic DON’T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH by Bridget Ankunda in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13164/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:17:36 +0300 DON’T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH brilliantly tells the journey of the persona in poetry through Kampala taxi-rides, men’s public objectification of women, the quest for love and the pain of the heart-break and the power of resilience. This wonderful collection highlights issues of gender, religion and culture. A must-read for all teenage gir…Read more

]]> 0 a26204fbe3258a5b77ca620a2cfe26e5 Kitara Nation started the topic DECOUNTRYRIZED (I HAVE LEFT MY HOME IN YOUR MEMORY) by Acha Divine Patandjilla in the forum Kitara Nation Books https://muwado.com/activity/p/13163/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:14:03 +0300 DECOUNTRYRIZED is a tale of a lonely African soul seeking refuge from war. Having left her country as a child in search for peace, Acha and her family eventually settled in Uganda and this is where Acha tells her story. The poems are a painful reminder of the effects of war on Africa’s children but the books also fill the reader with hope that s…Read more

]]> 0 c62764ea021536028fb0efb5aa34b846 Kitara Nation wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=32946 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:51:32 +0300 by Bridget NakuyaEarlier this year when l read the ‘African Saga’, a small sweet book of poetry written by a Ugandan Author and academic Susan Kiguli, l felt like a feather, floating, happy with words, words of a […]

]]> c1df7fc14d5e38643486a81d83da8c39 Kitara Nation wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=32493 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:14:29 +0300 QN1: Nnanda, you watched the poetry show FOR MY NEGATIVITY and now you have also read the poetry book. What are your impressions on the poems on stage and the poems in print?A: First of all, anyone who watched […]

]]> 6aec1d566bafe4c9d2741f28b86076ea Kitara Nation changed their profile picture https://muwado.com/activity/p/12837/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:43:16 +0300 0