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Poetry In The Times Of Corvid – Ife the Singing Poet
I have worked with close to 500 poets over the last 13 years. And I am yet to meet one with a stage presence as calm and radiant as Ife’s. […] More
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GOOD POETRY NEEDS GOOD POETRY ANTHOLOGISTS (INFLUENCERS) TO GROW
A poetry anthology is a collection of poems by different poets, whose purpose of selection, arrangement, editing and publication is normally determined by the person who selects, arranges and edits […] More
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in PoetryPoetry In The Times Of Covid – Ep 3: A Flash From The Streetlights Collection
When we were editing the Streetlights At Noon Eclipse collection, this poem happened to be in a batch of poems I was working on. Its author, Alwedo Michelle Ivy, had […] More
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Review: Don’t Love Me In English – Bridget Ankunda
As a storyteller, I have tended to avoid poetry. It is a medium of expression that, truth be told, doesn’t come naturally to me. If I were to speak honestly, […] More
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'IT MAKES ME FEEL BRAVE ABOUT BEING A WOMAN': A READER'S REVIEW OF "DON'T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH"
by Bridget Nakuya Earlier 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 […] More
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in PoetryA PROPOSAL TO HAVE ‘MEDIOCRE VERSE‘ AS A GENRE OF UGANDAN POETRY
At Philip Matogo’s book launch a few weeks back, one of the members in the audience put up his hand and said, currently there is what he called, “a publishing […] More
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UGANDAN POETRY BOOKS ARE NOW FLOWING LIKE WATER
2023 might be the year poets in Uganda finally reveal how publishing their works has become a significant aspect of the urban performance poetry culture. Away from the 2020-2021 Kitara […] More
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WHO IS A POET? A CASE IN POINT OF KAGAYI’S “FOR MY NEGATIVITY AND NO SPEAKING VERNACULAR”
On the 15th of June 2023, I met Kagayi at the national theatre; he sold to me his performance poetries (For My Negativity and No Speaking Vernacular). Extensively, we had […] More
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THE FIRST TIME I FELL IN LOVE
The first time I fell in love – A poem Of course I was nervous. Scared Paid more attention to the feeling we shared Than to the people who […] More
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Uganda’s Intellectual Giant: The Poet Who Builds Where Others Break
How Philip Matogo is shaping a new literary consciousness through unity, intellect, and the quiet force of poetry. In a literary landscape often fractured by ego, rivalry, and the quiet […] More
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NOSTALGIA!
I started collecting and memorizing poems for fun when I was a teenager. It was a habit I copied from my brother (now pastor Isaac Waiswa of Christ’s Heart Ministries). […] More
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