Rose Rwakasisi

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Rose Rwakasisi (born 1945) is a Ugandan author,{{cite web|title=Male Identity and Female Space in the Fiction of|url=http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=jiws|website=vc.bridgew.edu|access-date=24 February 2015}}{{cite book|last1=Aaron|first1=Mushengyezi|title=Oral Literature for Children: Rethinking Orality, Literacy, Performance, and Documentation Practices|date=2013|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=9789401208888|page=XIV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tTwjAAAAQBAJ&q=Rose+Rwakasisi&pg=PR15|access-date=24 February 2015}}{{cite book|last1=Kefa M.|first1=Otiso|title=Culture and Customs of Uganda|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313331480|page=37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMnkcZsv_eEC&q=children%27s+literature+in+uganda&pg=PA37|access-date=21 February 2015}} editor, short story writer,{{cite web|author=Halima Abdallah|title=Femrite anthology takes on problems of youth|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Femrite-anthology-takes-on-problems-of-youth/434746-1218564-item-0-nlnle6/index.html|work=The East African|date=14 August 2011|access-date=24 February 2015}} curriculum developer and educator. She was the deputy head teacher of Old Kampala Secondary school, Nakasero secondary school and Kyamate Secondary School in Ntungamo.{{cite web|title=Rose Rwakasisi|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100434780?rskey=KcRFiP&result=2|publisher=Oxford Reference|access-date=21 February 2015}} She is the director of St. Luke secondary schools and a teacher of Biology.{{cite book|last1=Hilda|first1=Twongyeirwe|title=I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival|year=2012|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781569769690|page=314|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F837DrE94isC&q=Rose+Rwakasisi&pg=PA314|access-date=24 February 2015}}

Early life and education

Rwakasisi was born in Buhweju District, Uganda. She holds a degree in botany and zoology and a postgraduate diploma in education. She was awarded a certificate of recognition by the National Book Trust of Uganda for her contribution to children's literature.

Published works

=Books=

{{cite book|title=The Great Escape| publisher=Uganda Children's Writers and Illustrators Association }}
{{cite book|title=How Rats Escaped the Trap| publisher= Fountain Publishers| year=2005| isbn= 9970-02-474-4}}
{{cite book|title=How Goats Lost their Beautiful Tails (Our heritage) | publisher= Fountain Publishers| year= 2004| isbn= 978-9970024360}}
{{cite book|title=Gift for the Singer| publisher= Fountain Publishers| year=2003| isbn=9789970022533 }}
{{cite book|title=Why Mother Left Home| publisher= Fountain Publishers| year=2003 | isbn= 9789970023967}}
{{cite book|title=The Boy who Became King| publisher=Uganda Children's Writers and Illustrators Association | year= 2003}} with Violet Barungi
{{cite book|title=The Promise| publisher=Uganda Children's Writers and Illustrators Association | year= 2002}} with Violet Barungi
{{cite book|title=Sunshine after Rain| publisher= Fountain Publishers| year= 2002| isbn= 978-9970023837}}
{{cite book|title=The Old Woman and the Shell| publisher= Fountain Publishers| year= 1994| isbn= 978-9970020508}}
{{cite book|title=How Friends Became Enemies | publisher= Fountain Publishers| year= 1993| isbn= 978-9970020232}}

=Short stories=

"In God's palm", in {{cite book|title=I Dare Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival|editor=Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago|year= 2012|isbn= 978-1-56976-842-6}}
"Serina", in {{cite book|title=Never Too Late|editor= Hilda Twongyeirwe and Aaron Mushengyezi | publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2011|isbn= 9789970700233}}
"Yesterday's heroes", in {{cite book|title=Talking Tales |editor=Violet Barungi |editor-link=Violet Barungi |publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2009|isbn= 9789970700219}}
"The leopardess", in {{cite book|title=Words from a granary|editor=Violet Barungi|publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2001|isbn= 9789970700011}}
"MwAna Mugimu nursing sister's child", in {{cite book|title=Your Companion in the Absence of a Doctor|publisher= Femrite Publications}}