Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva is a
Ugandan
}), 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 southe ...
writer,
[INTERVIEW-BEVERLEY NAMBOZO NSENGIYUNVA]
courrierdesafriques.net Retrieved 25 December 2014 poet,
["Meet Beverley Nambozo the poet"]
mildredbarya.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014. actress, literary activist, and biographer.
[jalifestival2013]
jalifestival2013.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014. She is the founder of the
Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation formerly The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award for Ugandan women, which began in 2008
["Uganda Ignites in Poetry Passion"]
afrolit.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014. as a platform for promoting poetry.
[Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva: Interview]
mosaicmagazine.org Retrieved 9 January 2015 It has since grown to include all African poets and runs as an annual poetry award. In 2014, the award will extend to the entire continent, targeting both men and women. The same year, the foundation will also publish an anthology of poetry from poets of Africa.
[Beverly Nambozo]
storymojahayfestival.com.Retrieved 15 April 2014. She is also the founder of the Babishai Niwe Women's Leadership Academy..Nambozo joined the Crossing Borders Scheme British Council Uganda in 2003 under the short stories genre.
transculturalwriting.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014. She was nominated for the August 2009 Arts Press Association (APA) Awards for revitalising poetry in Uganda after initiating the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award, the first poetry award for Ugandan women.
[FEMRITE Achievements and Milestones]
femriteug.org. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
Nambozo has worked at the Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Institute for The Advancement of Women (EASSI), British Council, as a radio show morning host of two years at 104.1 Power FM in
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
. She also served as an Audience Relations Manager, conducting regular market surveys. Before that she was a teacher and dance instructor at Rainbow International School in Kampala. Since 1999, she has been in an active dance group that usually holds concerts in and around church and the community. Nambozo has also been involved in several HIV/AIDS sensitisation campaigns amongst youth in secondary schools and universities.
[Some Thoughts on Kwani? LitFest from Beverley Nambozo]
mumpsimus.blogspot.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
, chimpreports.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014
Early life and education
Nambozo was born to Herbert Mugoya and Betty Mugoya. Her father was a diplomat and so she lived in the UK for about eight years of her childhood. She studied at Kampala parents school,
Gayaza High School
Gayaza High School is the oldest all-girls boarding secondary school covering grades 8 to 13 (Secondary 1 to 6) in Uganda. The school is Church-founded, government-aided and accredited by the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports ...
and
Makerere College School
Makerere College School is a co-educational government aided O and A Level school founded in 1945 by Makerere University. In 1945 Makerere University was still a constituent college of the University of London. The school is located on the main c ...
, 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 received a Bachelor of Education (literature, English) degree. She has a Certificate in French from Alliance Française de Kampala and a master's degree (Distinction) in creative writing from
Lancaster University
Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...
.
[Nambozo on how to reach more readers in a changing world ]
observer.ug. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
Nambozo was a child when she became interested in poetry. Her father was very artistic, being a diplomat who was very well-traveled. He translated his explorations into the home, which influenced her. The schools she attended also supported writing and reciting during assembly, in class and even in the dormitories. She often composed raps or poems for her dormitory or class and weaved them into dance routines.
[Ugandan Poet Preserves Oral Expression and Promotes Social Change April 16, 2014]
globalpressjournal. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
Writing
Nambozo is a member of
FEMRITE
FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers' Association, founded in 1995, is an NGO based in Kampala, Uganda, whose programmes focus on developing and publishing women writers in Uganda and—more recently—in the East African region.[ ...]
and is the author of Unjumping,
[Unjumping by Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva]
freduagyeman.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.[Beverley-nambozo-nsengiyunva]
erbacce-press.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014. a chapbook collection of poetry that was published by erbacce-press in 2010 after she emerged a joint first runner-up in their annual poetry competition. Her hybrid play entitled ''GA-ad'', which she wrote collaboratively with Ugandan playwright Judith Adong, featured as the play of the month at the New York National Black Theater in August 2013. Her story "The Best Non-crier on Purley Avenue" was published at postcolonial.org.
[''Postcolonial'' Vol. 8, No. 1 (2013)]
Retrieved 22 April 2014. She participated in the Caine Blogathon.
Her short stories, poetry and articles have been published in ''Drumvoices Review'',
Femrite
FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers' Association, founded in 1995, is an NGO based in Kampala, Uganda, whose programmes focus on developing and publishing women writers in Uganda and—more recently—in the East African region.[ ...]
, ''
Kwani?
''Kwani?'' ( Sheng for ''so what?'') is a leading African literary magazine based in Kenya that has been called "undoubtedly the most influential journal to have emerged from sub-Saharan Africa".
The magazine grew out of a series of conversatio ...
'', ''
Enkare Review'', ''Copperfield Review'', ''Postcolonial text'', ''Feast, Famine and Potluck'' anthology and other local and international journals. Many of her travel articles on visits to Mexico, Lamu, Kenya, Egypt, Lake Mburo National Park, Kingfisher Resort, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and other places have been published in ''UGPulse'' and the ''
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language newspaper published daily in print form and online.
Overview
''New Vision'' is one of two main national English-language newspapers in Uganda, the other being the ''Daily Monitor''. It is publi ...
'' newspaper. In 2013, she was shortlisted for the Poetry Foundation Ghana prize
[Shortlist for Ghana Poetry Prize 2013 Released]
poetryfoundationghana.org. Retrieved 15 April 2014.[Creative Writing Alumnus Shortlisted for Ghana Poetry Prize]
lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2014. for her poem "I Baptise You with My Child's Blood", and longlisted for Short Story Day Africa prize.
[The Longlist]
shortstorydayafrica.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014. Her work has been featured on the Pan-African poetry platform
Badilisha Poetry Radio
A project of the Badilisha Poetry X-Change Badilisha Poetry Radio is an online platform created to appreciate, celebrate and discover contemporary Pan-African poetry. ''Badilisha Poetry Radio'' focuses on weekly podcasts featuring poets from the A ...
.
[Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva]
badilishapoetry.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014. In 2013, she appeared on
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...
's ''Cabaret of the Word''.
[Philip Pullman, Hannah Silva, Beverley Nambozo, Graham Mort]
www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2014. Her poem "Lake Nalubaale. Lake she Uganda" was selected as the Uganda poem for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
[Uganda: Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva ]
www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
Published works
Poetry collections
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Poems
*"I baptize you with my child's blood", "Sseebo gwe Wange", "Lamu", in
* "Microwave", "I will never be you", in
*Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!, in
*"Unjumping", in
*"Bujumbura", ''
Wasafiri
''Wasafiri'' is a quarterly British literary magazine covering international contemporary writing. Founded in 1984, the magazine derives its name from a Swahili word meaning "travellers" that is etymologically linked with the Arabic word "safari" ...
'', 2015
*"I Baptize You with my Child's Blood", shortlisted for Poetry Foundation Ghana 2013 prize and will be published in the anthology, 2014
"Nyali Beach-Mombasa, Please Boss" in revistamododeusar.blogspot.com, 2014
"Lake Nalubaale. Lake she Uganda" Uganda poem, commonwealth games 2014
*Ga-AD, hybrid poetry and theatre with Judith Adong, performed during the 45th reading, Black Series, New York City, 2013.
"At the Graveyard, Nyali Beach-Mombasa" New Black Magazine, 2011
*"Al Qaeda", "Eloped", "High heels" and "Nyali Beach-Mombasa", published in ''Loamshire Review'', a UK magazine, 2010
*"Dance Partner", "In the Restaurant" and "Crocodile Farm in Mombasa", published in ''Drumvoices Revue, A confluence of Literary, Cultural and Vision Arts'', published by Southern Illinois University English Department, 2007
*"Al Qaeda", published in ''Kwani?'' 4, an East African literary journal, 2006
Short stories
*"Looking", in
* "Miss Nandutu", in
*''Kampala Kuyiiya'', upcoming US academic journal, 2014
"The best non-crier on 50 Purley Avenue"in ''Postcolonial Journal'', Vol. 8, no. 1 (2013)
*"A Writer is Never a Prisoner", Femrite, 2004
*"My Winter Life", in ''Copperfield Review'', a U.S, publication, 2003
*"Splash", in a Water Anthology launched in Netherlands 2003
*"Samuka Island", in the ''Dawn Magazine'', 2003
*"Writing From The Heart", ''New Writer magazine'', 2003
*"My Winter Life", published in Copperfield Review, an online UK magazine, 2003
*"Splash", published in ''Water Stories'', by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2003
References
External links
"Namboozo starts poetry workshops""Caine Prize workshop underlines Uganda’s rise in literature""Caine Prize: America, by Chinelo Okparanta""The January 2014 Poetry Love Featured Poem and Response""a little more… roots & routes""A quick look at literary blogs and news across the Diaspora""Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Tim Williams talk to Beverley Nambozo""How Uganda's female writers found their voice""Conversations with Beverley Nambozo at Femrite ""The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award 2013""My romance with poetry "Drumvoices Revue, vol. 15– Beverley Nambozo's poems on are pp. 101–102.
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Living people
Ugandan women poets
Makerere University alumni
Women biographers
Ugandan women short story writers
Ugandan short story writers
21st-century Ugandan women writers
21st-century Ugandan poets
Alumni of Lancaster University
21st-century biographers
21st-century short story writers
People educated at Gayaza High School
Year of birth missing (living people)