Nakisanze Segawa

{{short description|Ugandan poet and storyteller}}

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Nakisanze Segawa is a Ugandan poet[http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/Taking-literature-back-home/-/812796/2207106/-/gf9s9y/-/index.html "Taking literature back home"] monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 1 February 2015. and storyteller.[http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/-/691232/1297520/-/4x0n5z/-/index.html "BOOK THEY READ: Nakisanze Segawa- Author"] monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 20 November 2014. She is the author of the 2016 novel The Triangle.{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.ug/education/46383-seeing-kabaka-mwanga-as-never-before|title=Seeing Kabaka Mwanga as never before|first=Christine|last= Nabasumba |website=observer.ug|date=12 September 2016|access-date= 13 September 2016}} She took third place in the 2010 Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award for her poem "The hustler".[http://www.bnpoetryaward.co.ug/winning-poems-2010 "Winning Poems – 2010"] bnpoetryaward.co.ug. Retrieved 20 November 2014. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228100204/http://www.bnpoetryaward.co.ug/winning-poems-2010/ |date=28 December 2014 }}[http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9353:star-trail-may-the-goats-race-again "Sophie Alal wins 2010 Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award"] observer.ug. Retrieved 20 November 2014. She was a participant in the Ebedi International Residency in Iseyin, Nigeria, in January 2015.[https://artmovesafrica.org/2015/01/20/grantee-on-the-road-nakisanze-segawa/ "Grantee on the Road: Nakisanze Segawa"] artmovesafrica.org. Retrieved 6 July 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.naijatimes.ng/flashback-an-ebedi-reunion-in-uganda/|title=Flashback: An Ebedi reunion in Uganda|website=NaijaTimes|date=12 October 2020|access-date=6 July 2022}}

Writing

Nakisanze Segawa is a performance poet who recites her poems in Luganda and English.[https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/A-tribute-to-Maya-Angelou-in-Luganda/-/434746/2418838/-/10bmbgkz/-/index.html "A tribute to Maya Angelou in Luganda"] theeastafrican.co.ke. Retrieved 9 December 2014. Her work has been published in a number of anthologies.[http://kalamu.posthaven.com/review-booksummoning-the-rains-african-women "REVIEW: Book—Summoning the Rains: African women on patriarchy"] artmovesafrica.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015. Her novel The Triangle was published in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.ug/special-editions/46299-move-over-achebe-ngugi-soyinka%20%22Move%20over%20Achebe,%20Ngugi,%20Soyinka|title=Move over Achebe, Ngugi, Soyinka|website= observer.ug|date=7 September 2016|first=Moreen|last=Mpamukama|access-date= 22 November 2016}}[http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/myNetwork/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Triangle-by-Nakisanze-Segawa/3141096-3416312-format-xhtml-i1ciw6/index.html "BOOK REVIEW: The Triangle by Nakisanze Segawa"] nation.co.ke. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

Published works

=Novels=

  • {{cite book | title=The Triangle | publisher=Mattville Publishing House | year=2016| isbn=978-9970-958-108}}

=Poems=

  • "Zibogola!" and "The hustler", in {{cite book | title=A thousand voices rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry | editor=Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva | publisher=BN Poetry Foundation | year=2014 | ISBN=978-9970-9234-0-3}}
  • "I love school", in {{cite book | title=The Butterfly Dance: words and sounds of colour | editor-first=Okaka|editor-last= Dokatum|editor2= Rose Rwakasisi | publisher=Femrite Publications | year=2009 | ISBN=978-9970-700-18-9}}
  • "African sun" and "Jump", in {{cite book | title=Painted Voices: A collage of art and poetry, volume II | publisher=Femrite Publications | year=2009 | ISBN=978-9970-700-18-9}}

=Stories=

  • "Walking the Familiar Path", in {{cite book | title=Summoning the Rains | editor-first=Hilda|editor-last= Twongyeirwe|editor-link=Hilda Twongyeirwe|editor2= Ellen Banda-Aaku | publisher=Femrite Publications | year=2012 | ISBN=9789970700257}}
  • "JJ", in {{cite book | title=Never Too Late | editor-first= Hilda|editor-last= Twongyeirwe|editor2= Aaron Mushengyezi | publisher=Femrite Publications | year=2011 | ISBN=9789970700233}}
  • [https://jalada.org/2015/09/15/luweero-traingle-by-nakisanze-segawa/ "Luweero Triangle"] in Jalada (2015)

References

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