Nyana Kakoma Explained

Birth Name:Nyana Kakoma
Birth Place:Kampala, Uganda
Occupation:Author, editor, blogger, publisher
Nationality:Ugandan
Other Names:Hellen Nyana
Alma Mater:Makerere University

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]

Early life and education

Nyana attended Gayaza High School for secondary education. She graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Literature and Communication Skills.

Published works

Short stories

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling 'sooo' many stories from Uganda . The Citizen. 30 September 2014. 17 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Interview with Ugandan blogger Nyana Kakoma . Commonwealth Writers. 12 February 2015. 12 June 2014 .
  3. http://shortstorydayafrica.org/news/an-interview-with-nyana-kakoma "You do not have to have big offices in a big building to have a publishing house.' An Interview with Nyana Kakoma"
  4. Web site: Interview: Nyana Kakoma on Sooo Many Stories, women writers and Modjaji Books . Mon pi Mon. 12 February 2015. 11 February 2015 .
  5. Web site: Granta Magazine's Best of Young British Novelists – the Nairobi Launch with Kwani Trust . 12 February 2015.
  6. Web site: authors . 12 February 2015.
  7. Web site: 2015 Facilitators . 12 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Upcoming Ugandan and German writers sharing writing experiences online . 12 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Stop letting them get away with it . Daily Monitor. 1 November 2014. 27 February 2015.
  10. Web site: Why youths can choose next president and why they probably will not . 13 February 2011. 27 February 2015.
  11. Web site: Writing My Truth: Hellen Nyana . African Writers Trust. 10 June 2013. 27 February 2015.
  12. Web site: Uganda 2013 . 2022-05-27 . The Caine Prize for African Writing . en-US.
  13. Web site: Caine prize anthology launched . Daily Monitor. 27 April 2013. 27 February 2015.
  14. Book: A memory this size and other stories : the Caine Prize for African writing 2013. . 2013 . 978-1-78026-120-1 . Oxford, England . 900886531.

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