Femrite

Hilda Twongyeirwe at a Public Reading at the Femrite regional residence for African women writers

FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers’ Association, eyatandikibwawo mu 1995, kibiina ky’obwannakyewa ekisangibwa mu Kampala, Uganda, nga pulogulaamu zaakyo zissa essira ku kukulaakulanya n’okufulumya abakyala abawandiisi mu Uganda ne — gye buvuddeko—mu kitundu ky’obuvanjuba bwa Afrika. FEMRITE mu ngeri y’emu egaziyizza okweraliikirira kwayo ku nsonga z’obuvanjuba bwa Afrika ezikwata ku butonde bw’ensi, okusoma n’okuwandiika, ebyenjigiriza, ebyobulamu, eddembe ly’abakyala n’enfuga ennungi .

Ebyafaayo

FEMRITE yatandikibwawo mu 1995 nga Mary Karoro Okurut, mu kiseera kino (okuva mu 2011) mmemba wa Palamenti ya Uganda ey’omunaana, kyokka mu kiseera ekyo yali musomesa mu yunivasite y’e Makerere. Okurut yeegatibwako Lillian Tindyebwa, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Susan Kiguli, Martha Ngabirano, Margaret Ntakalimaze, Rosemary Kyarimpa, Hilda Twongyeirwe, Philomena Rwabukuku ne Judith Kakonge .

FEMRITE yasooka kutongozebwa ng'ekibiina eky'obwa nnakyeewa nga 3 Ogw'okutaano 1996. Goretti Kyomuhendo,oluvannyuma eyatandika African Writers Trust, yeyasooka okukola ng'omukwanaganya wa FEMRITE. Ba mmemba abala abagundiivu kuliko Beverley Nambozo, Glaydah Namukasa, Beatrice Lamwaka, Doreen Baingana, Violet Barungi, Mildred Barya (era amanyiddwa nga Mildred Kiconco), ne Jackee Budesta Batanda.

Ku nsibuko ya FEMRITE n'obutume, Kyomuhendo, mu mboozi gye yawa mu 2003 ne Feminist Africa, yagamba nti: "Okwogera ku FEMRITE kwe kwogera ku kifo kya Uganda eky'ebiwandiiko, ku byobufuzi bya Uganda, n'okusingira ddala ku kakwate akaliwo wakati w'abakyala, ebyobufuzi n'okuwandiika mu Uganda."

Ebikulu ebituukiddwaako bammemba ba FEMRITE n'abayitamu

• Monica Arac de Nyeko yawangula ekirabo kya Caine mu 2007; Beatrice Lamwaka yasunsulwamu okuwangula ekirabo kye kimu mu 2011; Doreen Baingana yasunsulwa mu 2005.
• Doreen Baingana yawangula ekirabo ky’abawandiisi ekya Commonwealth mu kitabo ekisooka, ekitundu kya Afrika (2006); Baingana era yasunsulwamu okuwangula engule ya Hurston-Wright Legacy Award mu mutendera gwa Debut Fiction (2006).
• Beatrice Lamwaka yasunsulwamu okuwangula engule y’ebiwandiiko eya PEN/Studzinsky mu 2009 (2009).
• Glaydah Namukasa yawangula ekirabo ky’abawandiisi ekya Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa, Senior Category (2005).
• Mildred Barya yawangula engule ya Pan-African Literary Forum Award mu firimu ya Africana Fiction (2008).
• Jackee Budesta Batanda yawangula empaka z’emboozi ennyimpi eza Commonwealth, Africa Region (2003).
• Violet Barungi yawangula engule ya British Council International ey’okuwandiika emizannyo emipya mu Afrika n’obuvanjuba bwa Middle East (1997).
• Goretti Kyomuhendo (olugero: 1999), Susan Kiguli (ebitontome: 1999), Mary Karoro Okurut (olugero: 2003), ne Mildred Barya (ebitontome: 2003) baawangula engule y’ebiwandiiko mu ggwanga eya National Book Trust of Uganda .

Okuddamu kw’abantu ku pulogulaamu za FEMRITE

FEMRITE nga bwe kyategeezeddwa bannamawulire ab’enjawulo, ebadde ekola nnyo mu Uganda n’ekitundu ekinene eky’obuvanjuba bwa Afrika mu bitundu by’okutumbula okusoma n’okuwandiika, ennongoosereza mu by’enjigiriza, eddembe ly’abakyala, n’enfuga ennungi. Okutwalira awamu emirimu gino gifunye okumanyisibwa okulungi.

• Emmanuel Ssejjengo, nga bwe kyawandiikibwa ku mukutu gwa AllAfrica.com nga 14 July 2011, yategeeza nti "wiiki y'ebiwandiiko eya FEMRITE" yali "emu ku mikolo egyasinga okukuzibwa mu by'ebiwandiiko bya Uganda."
• Dennis Muhumuza, mu Daily Monitor (Uganda), 23 July 2011, yayogera ku ngeri FEMRITE gy’ekwata ku kitongole kya Uganda ekya National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC), n’ekyavaamu okussa ebitabo bya Uganda ebisingawo mu nsoma y’amasomero ga siniya n’amatendekero aga waggulu.
• Muhumuza, era owa Daily Monitor (Uganda) nga 9 January 2011, yeetegereza ekitabo kya FEMRITE ekiyitibwa Pumpkin Seeds and Other Gifts: Stories from the FEMRITE Regional Writers Residency, 2008 (  ), ng'akiyita "eky'obugagga ekiwooma" nti "ojja kwagala okutwala naawe ku lugendo, oba okunywegera ku sofa n'osoma mu bulungi bw'okwewummuza, oba n'okusomera abaana bo mu ddoboozi ery'omwanguka okwetooloola omuliro." "
• Halima Abdallah, mu kitabo kya The East African (Kenya), nga 14 August 2011, yeetegereza ekitabo kya FEMRITE ekiyitibwa Never Too Late (  ), ebikwata ku kirwadde kya mukenenya/akawuka ka siriimu, nga kilangirira "A must read for all age groups nga bwe kireeta ebibuuzo era emirundi egisinga kiwa eby'okuddamu ebyetaagisa ebikolwa eby'okwegatta" ate nga kyetegereza nti okukung'aanya kwali "okuzaalibwa olw'okwagala femrite okuzaala okuzaala okuzaala okuzaala okuzaala okuzaala femrite okuzaala . ebiwandiiko by'enkyukakyuka ennungi ebigendereddwamu okukola ku nsonga z'embeera z'abantu ezitunuulidde si bavubuka bokka wabula n'abantu okutwaliza awamu."
• Dora Byamukama owa New Vision (Uganda) yeetegereza bulungi ekitabo kya FEMRITE ekikuŋŋaanyiziddwamu emboozi ezitali za biwandiiko Beyond the Dance: Voices of women on female genital mutilation (  ), era n'ategeeza nti obujulizi obwayanjuddwa "okuyita obuwagizi okumalawo enkola y'okusalako ebitundu by'ekyama by'abakyala (FGM)."
• Pulogulaamu y’amawulire mu Amerika eya Wide Angle ( PBS ) yalimu enkolagana ya FEMRITE ne IRIN, ekitongole ky’amawulire n’okwekenneenya eby’obuntubulamu ekya ofiisi y’ekibiina ky’Amawanga Amagatte, okufulumya Today You Will Understand, okukuŋŋaanyizibwa kw’emboozi z’olutalo ez’obuntu ez’abakyala 16 abakoseddwa eggye lya Lord’s Resistance Army obujeemu.
• Era ng'ayogera ku Today You Will Understand, Martyn Drakard owa Observer (Uganda) nga 10 December 2008 yategeeza nti okukung'aanya kuno "ddoboozi eri abatalina ddoboozi" ne "Okusoma okukakatako eri omuntu yenna ayagala okumanya engeri olutalo lwa LRA gye lukosezzaamu obulamu bw'abantu". .
• David Kaiza, mu kiwandiiko kye yafulumya mu 2007 ekyatuumiddwa "Women writers rule" mu lupapula lwa The East African naye yayogera wadde nga mu ngeri ey'okusaaga ku ngeri FEMRITE gye yeeyongera okukosebwa mu kitundu.

Laba ne

Mary Karoro Okurut

African Writers Trust

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