Sophie Alal

Sophie Alal is a Ugandan writer, lawyer, poet, journalist and cultural critic. She publishes at Deyu African, a cultural heritage initiative. She won the 2010 Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award with Making Modern Love. Her short stories have been published in the Kalahari Review, Lawino Magazine, AfricanColours and START journal. She has worked as a freelance correspondent for The EastAfrican, African Colours magazine and the Global Press Institute. She holds a law degree from Makerere University.

Sophie Alal
Born	Sophie Alal Uganda
Occupation	Lawyer, writer
Nationality	Ugandan
Genre	Fiction, poetry
Website
deyuafrican.com

Published works

Short stories

• "Here are the children" inJames Woodhouse, ed. (2017). Moonscapes: short stories and poetry. Africa Writers Trust. ISBN 978-9970-28-001-8.
• "Making Modern Love" inBeverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A Thousand Voices Rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3.
• "Partaking "
• "Debris"

Poetry

• "The rebel fell"
• "Making modern love"