Lubwa p'Chong (20 August 1946 – February 1997) was a

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n playwright and poet. He founded and edited ''Nanga'', the magazine of the National Teachers College,

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, and edited ''Dhana'', the

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literary magazine. His poetry has appeared in East African magazines and anthologies.

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Early life and education

Cliff Lubwa P’chong was born in

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, Uganda. He was educated at Koc Goma Primary School, then Gulu High School for his junior secondary school before joining Sir Samuel Baker School, Gulu, for his O'levels, then National Teachers' College

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where he qualified as a grade five teacher in 1969, before being posted to St Charles Lwanga SSS, Koboko. In 1976 he attained a bachelor's degree in literature and linguistics from the prestigious Makerere University, before proceeding to

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and Exeter universities. He was a creative writing fellow at the

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(1987), and lectured in drama-in-education at the Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo. He had his early education there and in Kyambogo. He taught for several years, and then studied literature and linguistics at Makerere University.

Writing

His plays ''Generosity Kills'' and ''The Last Safari'' (1975) were followed by ''Words of My Groaning'' (1976), a portrait of life in independent Africa. His other plays are ''The Minister’s Wife'' (1982), ''The Bishop’s Daughters'' (1988), ''Do Not Uproot the Ppumpkin'' (1987), ''Kinsmen and Kinswomen'' (1988) and ''The Madman'' (1989). Lubwa has also published the article "Okot p’Bitek: The cultural matrix of the acholi", in ''Uganda: The Cultural Landscape'', edited by Eckhard Breitinger (1999).Ed. Eldred Durosimi Jones, Marjorie Jones (1996). ''New Trends & Generations in African Literature: A Review'', p. 136. James Currey Publishers. .

Published works

Plays

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Literary criticism

*"Okot p'Bitek: The cultural matrix of the Acholi in his writings", in *A biographical sketch in

References

External links

"lubwa-p-chong-cliff"

"LITERATURE DEPARTMENT""Uganda Poetry Anthology 2000. (Uganda)."
{{DEFAULTSORT:PChong, Lubwa 1946 births 1997 deaths Ugandan male poets Ugandan writers People from Gulu District Ugandan dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Ugandan poets 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Makerere University alumni Alumni of the University of Exeter 20th-century male writers