Nyana Kakoma is a Ugandan writer,[1] editor, blogger,[2] and publisher[3] from Kampala. She created the online platform Sooo Many Stories that promotes Ugandan literature.[4] She formerly wrote under her maiden name Hellen Nyana.[5][6] She is one of the facilitators of Writivism in Kampala 2015.[7] She took part in "Bremen & Kampala – Spaces of Transcultural Writing", a collaboration between writers from Uganda and Bremen.[8] She is a member of Femrite. In February 2015, she was awarded an editorial fellowship at Modjaji Books by the African Writers Trust and Commonwealth Writers. A number of her articles have appeared in newspapers.[9][10][11] She attended the Caine Prize workshop 2013,[12] and her story "Chief Mourner" was published in the Caine Prize anthology A Memory This Size and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013.[13]
Nyana Kakoma | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nyana Kakoma |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Other names | Hellen Nyana |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
| Occupation(s) | Author, editor, blogger, publisher |
| Website | somanystories |
Early life and education
editNyana attended Gayaza High School for secondary education. She graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Literature and Communication Skills.[citation needed]
Published works
editShort stories
edit- "Chief Mourner" in A Memory This Size and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Jakana media. 2013. ISBN 9781431408382.[14]
- "Just because you didn't win"
- "Fringes" in Storymoja blog, 2014
- "Waiting" in The Suubi Collection (2013)
References
edit- ^ "MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling 'sooo' many stories from Uganda". The Citizen. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Interview with Ugandan blogger Nyana Kakoma". Commonwealth Writers. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "You do not have to have big offices in a big building to have a publishing house.' An Interview with Nyana Kakoma", shortstorydayafrica.org, 14 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Interview: Nyana Kakoma on Sooo Many Stories, women writers and Modjaji Books". Mon pi Mon. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Granta Magazine's Best of Young British Novelists – the Nairobi Launch with Kwani Trust". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "authors". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "2015 Facilitators". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Upcoming Ugandan and German writers sharing writing experiences online". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Stop letting them get away with it". Daily Monitor. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Why youths can choose next president and why they probably will not". 13 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Writing My Truth: Hellen Nyana". African Writers Trust. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Uganda 2013". The Caine Prize for African Writing. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Caine prize anthology launched". Daily Monitor. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ A memory this size and other stories : the Caine Prize for African writing 2013. Oxford, England. 2013. ISBN 978-1-78026-120-1. OCLC 900886531.
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