Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer, poet and occasional rapper. His writing is used to teach High School English in Kampala and Toronto schools. He won the Discovering Diversity Poetry…
Lucie Chihandae is a storyteller and journalist with over 13 years of experience. She is also a podcaster and runs 2Sistars a media business that she and her sister co-founded…
I had the pleasure of hosting Congolese writer and poet Loic Ekinga during season one of the Meet Your Author Series between June and July on Twitter Spaces. We discussed…
Rebecca Kisakye Makyeli is new to the writing scene but it’s like she has been here all her life. The radio personality and actress released her debut memoir WOMAN FIRE…
Meet Your Author Series started in 2021 when I hosted Botho Lejowa from Botswana. Below is a transcribed account by Daniel Amanya of our conversation held on 1st August 2021…
The World is Ours is a coming-of-age story following the lives of Ameena, Shenzi and Kevin. It is set in four countries: Uganda, Kenya, Congo and the USA which gives…
WOMAN FIRE GRACE is a story of redemption, grace and restoration for Rebecca Kisakye Makyeli from a life of addiction to drugs, alcohol, sex and homelessness. The book is divided…
I won the Goethe Zentrum Kooperationspartner (GZK) Small Project Grant whose deadline was March 2022. Whoop whoop!!! And today, I spill all the tea. Are you ready? `If you have…
Truck Driver by Ugandan writer Billy Opifeni is a non-fiction account highlighting the lives of truck drivers with a keen focus on the dynamics of the sexual network. It is…
This Is Me: The Metamorphosis of Ayo is a true story about Patricia Opio Ayo`s life-changing journey. One that was(is) full of self-discovery, identity crisis, miracles and turmoil. Born with…