Writivism 2018 promises to be sweet and interesting.
The sixth edition of Uganda’s premier literary festival, (Writivism
2018) will hold from August 17th to 19th, 2018 at the National Theatre and the
Square Place, Kampala with the theme “Legacy”. During this year’s edition, speakers
and participants will celebrate the various ways that history can be used to
inspire new narratives.
Prominent speakers and authors expected at the festival
include Professor Taban Lo Liyong, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Akwaeke Emezi (Freshwater ), Ijangolet Ogwang (An Image in a Mirror ), Mugabi Byenkya (Dear Philemona), Dami Ajayi (A Woman’s Body is a Country ), and Shadreck
Chikoti (Azotus the Kingdom) among several
others.
This edition will discuss how history is refreshed, bargained
and adapted to inform the present and future. Highlights shall be book
launches, film screenings, panel discussions, poetry and music performances,
outreach to hospitals, markets and schools, visual arts and photography
exhibitions, keynote addresses, Writivism Prizes awarding ceremony among other
events.
The Writivism Director and Festival Curator, Roland Byagaba
explained that this year’s edition will be the “shortest festival” but will be
sweet and interesting. He added that Writivism team and festival partners have prepared the right
mix of informative literary sessions and fun times that would give the
participants great experience.
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