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Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
n writers, born or raised in Uganda, whether living there or overseas, and writing in one of the
languages of Uganda In Uganda the most spoken local language is Luganda as the Baganda tribe occupies the southern central part of Uganda and the capital city of the country, followed by English (also the official language since 1962), as all schools in Uganda use i ...
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Adong Judith Adong Judith is a Ugandan playwright and filmmaker."Adong Lucy Judith"
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(born 1977), playwright *
Grace Akello Grace Akello (born 1950) is a Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist, and politician. She is the Uganda Ambassador to India. Early life and education Dinah Grace Akello is Iteso, and was born near Soroti, in the Eastern Region of the Uganda Protec ...
(born 1950), poet, essayist, folklorist and politician *
Harriet Anena Ber Anena born and previously published as Harriet Anena is a Ugandan writer and performer, whose writing includes poetry, nonfiction and fiction. She is the author of a collection of poems, ''A Nation In Labour'', published in 2015, won the 201 ...
, short story writer, poet, journalist * Apolo Kagwa (1864–1927), prime minister of Buganda * Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979), short story writer, poet and essayist * Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi, playwright * Lillian Aujo, poet, short story writer


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Doreen Baingana Doreen Baingana (born 1966) is a Ugandan writer and literary arts manager. Her short story collection, ''Tropical Fish,'' won the Grace Paley Award for Short Fiction in 2003 and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book, Africa Region ...
(born 1966), short story writer * Bake Robert Tumuhaise (born 1981), novelist *
Evangeline Barongo Evangeline Barongo is a Ugandan author of children's literature. Barongo is a founding member of the Uganda Children’s Writers and Illustrators Association (UCWIA), a platform that brings together writers and illustrators of children’s book ...
, children's writer * Violet Barungi (born 1943), novelist and editor *
Mildred Barya Mildred Kiconco Barya is a writer and poet from Uganda. She was awarded the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum Prize for Africana Fiction, and earlier gained recognition for her poetry, particularly her first two collections, ''Men Love Chocolates ...
, poet * Jackee Budesta Batanda, short story writer, novelist * Austin Bukenya (born 1944), poet, literary theorist, actor and playwright * Busingye Kabumba (born 1982), lawyer, poet * Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire (born 1987), lawyer, poet, short story writer *
Ernest Bazanye Ernest Bazanye is a Ugandan journalist, blogger, author, and scriptwriter."ERNEST BAZANYE"
, journalist, author


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Dilman Dila Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer, film makerAngella Emurwon, playwright * Arthur Gakwandi (born 1943), novelist, academic, short story writer * Jessica horn-Uganda (born 1979), poet * Ife Piankhi, poet * Moses Isegawa (born 1963), novelist * Kabubi Herman, poet * Peter Kagayi, poet * Keturah Kamugasa (1967–2015), writer and journalist * Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960), novelist * China Keitetsi (born 1967), autobiographical writer *
Susan Nalugwa Kiguli Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 24 June 1969 in Luweero District, Uganda) is a Ugandan poet and literary scholar.Barbara Kimenye (1929–2012), children's writer * Wycliffe Kiyingi (1929–2014), playwright *
Henry Kyemba Henry Kisaja Magumba Kyemba (simply known as Henry Kyemba likely born 1937-1939) is a Ugandan retired political figure who held several high positions and finally became Minister of Health during Uganda's rule by Idi Amin. He served in that post ...
(born 1939), politician and writer * Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965), novelist


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* Beatrice Lamwaka, short story writer *
Bonnie Lubega Bonnie Lubega (born 1929) is an Ugandan novelist, fiction writer and lexicographer. He is the author of the novels ''The Burning Bush'' (1970) and ''The Outcasts'' (1971).G. D. Killam, Alicia L. Kerfoot(2008). ''Student Encyclopedia ...
(born 1929), novelist, children's writer and lexicographer *
Lubwa p'Chong Lubwa p'Chong (20 August 1946 – February 1997) was a Ugandan playwright and poet. He founded and edited ''Nanga'', the magazine of the National Teachers College, Kampala, and edited ''Dhana'', the Makerere University literary magazine. His poet ...
(1946–1997), playwright. * Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, poet, novelist, short story writer *
Irshad Manji Irshad Manji (born 1968) is a Ugandan-born Canadian educator. She is the author of ''The Trouble with Islam Today'' (2004) and ''Allah, Liberty and Love'' (2011), both of which have been banned in several Muslim countries. She also produced a P ...
(born 1968), author, professor and advocate * Charles Mayiga (born 1962), lawyer, prime minister of Buganda (born 2013) * Rose Mbowa (1943–1999), playwright, actress and educator *
Mutesa II of Buganda Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (modern spelling: Muteesa) (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the thirty- ...
(1942–1969),
Kabaka of Buganda the kabaka Palace in kireka Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual an ...
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Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1 May 1929 – 20 August 2006)Mahmood Mamdani Mahmood Mamdani, FBA (born 23 April 1946) is an Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator. He currently serves as the Chancellor of Kampala International University, Uganda. He was the director of the Makerere Institute o ...
(born 1933), academic and political writer * Patrick Mangeni, academic and writer * Mulumba Ivan Matthias (born 1987), poet, short story writer, novelist


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* John Nagenda (born 1938), writer and presidential adviser *
Nakisanze Segawa Nakisanze Segawa is a Ugandan poet
, poet * Beverley Nambozo, poet, short story writer * Glaydha Namukasa, novelist * Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (born 1964), poet *
Peter Nazareth Peter Nazareth (born 27 April 1940) is a Ugandan-born literary critic and writer of fiction and drama. Life Peter Nazareth was born in Uganda of Indian Goan ancestry, and his mother's family was earlier based in Malaya-Malaysia-Singapore. He wa ...
(born 1940), novelist, playwright, poet and critic *
Rajat Neogy Rajat Neogy (December 17, 1939 – December 3, 1995),Paul Theroux ''The Independent'', 15 January 1996, a Ugandan of Indian Bengali ancestry, was a writer, poet and publisher. In Kampala in 1961, at the age of 22, he founded '' Transition Magazine' ...
(1938–1995), writer and editor * Jason Ntaro, poet *
Richard Carl Ntiru Richard Carl Ntiru (born 1946) is a Ugandan poet and editor. His only collection of poetry is ''Tensions'' (1971), which is rich in imagery reminiscent of the poetry of Christopher Okigbo and Paul Ndu. Ntiru deals with issues of contemporary Eas ...
(born 1946), poet * Michael B. Nsimbi (1910–1994), Luganda writer * Nyana Kakoma, short story writer * Julius Ocwinyo (born 1961), editor, poet and novelist * James Munange Ogoola (born 1945), poet, judge * Okello Oculi (born 1942), novelist, poet and academic *
Okot p'Bitek Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for '' Song of Lawino'', a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wis ...
(1931–1982), poet *
Mary Karooro Okurut Mary Busingye Karooro Okurut (born 8 December 1954), more commonly known as Mary Karooro Okurut, is a Ugandan educator, author and politician. She is the former Cabinet Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, i ...
(born 1954), novelist, academic, politician * Charles Onyango-Obbo (born 1958), journalist


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John Ruganda John Ruganda (30 May 1941 to 8 December 2007) was Uganda's best known playwright. Beyond his work as a playwright, Ruganda was also a professor at University of North, South Africa, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University. He was born in F ...
(1941–2007), playwright * Andrew Rugasira, author, businessman * Rose Rwakasisi (born 1945), children's writer, short story writer * Eneriko Seruma (born 1944), poet, novelist and short story writer * Robert Serumaga (1939–1980), playwright, director and novelist * Taban Lo Liyong (born 1939), Sudan-born poet and critic * Bahadur Tejani (born 1942), Kenyan-born poet, dramatist and literary critic * Lillian Tindyebwa, novelist, short story writer * Tumusiime Rushedge (1941–2008), novelist, cartoonist, surgeon * Nick Twinamatsiko, engineer, novelist, poet * Hilda Twongyeirwe, editor, poet, short story writer *
Ayeta Anne Wangusa Ayeta Anne Wangusa (born Kampala, Uganda, 9 September 1971) is a Ugandan writer and activist. A founding member (1995) of FEMRITE, the Uganda Women Writers Association,
(born 1971), activist, novelist, short story writer *
Timothy Wangusa Timothy Wangusa (born 1942) is a Ugandan poet and novelist. Wangusa was chairman of Uganda Writers Association and founder president of International PEN Uganda Centre. Early life and education Wangusa is an ethnic Mumasaaba, born in Bugisu, in ...
(born 1942), poet, novelist *
Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then ...
(born 1944), politician, president *
Samuel Iga Zinunula Iga Zinunula is a Ugandan poet
, poet * Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (1938–1979), poet, dramatist *
Pio Zirimu Pio Zirimu (died 1977) was a Ugandan linguist, scholar and literary theorist. He is credited with coining the word "orature" as an alternative to the self-contradictory term, " oral literature"List of African writers by country This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. It includes poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country. Algeria ''See: List of Algerian writers'' Angola ''See: List of Angolan writers'' Ben ...


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Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
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