Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi is a

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playwright, performer, and producer, currently working as Specialist for Sundance Institute East Africa and a mentor with the

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caceafrica.wordpress.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Her recent plays include ''Forgotten World'', ''Cooking Oil'', ''Appointment with gOD'' and ''Un-entitled'', which have all been received either as productions or stage readings in the United States of America and East Africa.Asiimwe
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African Performance Play Writing Competition.Dominate BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition 2010
artmatters.info. Retrieved 16 June 2014."It all began with ebyevugo for BBC winner"
observer.ug, 22 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2014. She is a 2006 recipient of a scholarship of merit in Writing for Performance from California Institute of the Arts, where she graduated with a Master in Fine Arts (MFA) degree in 2009, and of the 2010 Theatre Communications Group (TCG) New Generation Future Leaders grant to work with the Sundance Institute Theatre Program."Cooking Oil Sparks Conversation on East Africa’s Women"
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Early life and education

Deborah went to Kashwa Primary School, in present-day Kiruhura District. She attended Bweranyangi Girls School for her secondary education, before joining

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

, where she did a

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and Drama. She returned to Makerere University and received a Bachelor of Arts in Drama (Honors), 2003–2006. She got a scholarship and did a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Writing for Performance at California Institute of the Arts."Deborah Asiimwe"
, akademie-solitude.de. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

Writing

Deborah's interest in storytelling and performance started in her childhood. She was raised in an oral literature and storytelling culture, where folklore is passed on from generation to generation, by word of mouth. The majority of her work explores socio-political issues that affect developing countries. She writes for stage, sometimes for radio and for screen. Her work has been performed in

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, and

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. In 2010, she was a recipient of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) New Generation Future Leaders grant to work with the Sundance Institute Theatre Program. In the same year, ''Will Smith Look Alike'', a radio play by Deborah Asiimwe, was the overall winner of the BBC playwriting competition. She received a co-operation fellowship of JES (Junges Ensemble Stuttgart) and Akademie Schloss Solitude for 2015. She has participated in many artists' gatherings and conferences, including the annual Arts in the One World Conference (CalArts, Valencia, California), a project of The More Life: Cultural Studies and Genocide Initiative, a collaboration between CalArts and the Interdisciplinary Genocide Study Center in Kigali, Rwanda; the Women Playwrights International Conference (WPI) in the Philippines (2003); and is the 2003 Sundance Theatre Lab international observer, and others.Asiimwe
horsetrade.info. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

Bibliography

*''Forgotten World'' *''Cooking Oil'' *''Appointment with gOD'' *''Un-entitled'' *''Lagoma is Searching'' *''You are that Man'' *''My Secret''

Awards and recognition

* Winner of the 2010 BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition for her play ''Will Smith Look Alike''.Playwright Deborah Asiimwe wins BBC Competition for Will Smith Look-Alike
calarts.edu. Retrieved 16 June 2014. * Recipient of the 2006 scholarship of merit in Writing for Performance from California Institute of the Arts * Recipient of the 2010 Theatre Communications Group (TCG) New Generation Future Leaders grant to work with the Sundance Institute Theatre Program

References

External links

"Deborah Asiimwe – amazing Ugandan playwright…""20 years later, theatre department remembers Rwandan Genocide""How little TV and lots of ebyevugo made a winning playwright""Cooking Oil, a New Play Set in Developing Africa, Gets NYC Reading May 28 Prior to Uganda""Deborah Asiimwe’s Cooking Oil Interrogates Effects of U.S. Foreign Aid""Wole Soyinka blown away by Ugandan playwrights"
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