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Author Twongyeirwe, Hilda

Title Summoning the Rains : Third FEMRITE Regional Residency for African Women Writers
Published Oxford : Femrite Publications, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages)
Contents Cover page; title page; copyright page; contents; acknowledgements; foreword; 1. in the shadow of god; 2. the absorber; 3. walking the familiar path; 4. flesh to flesh; 5. in the shadow of the blue bus; 6. inside the rosebud; 7. cold feet on a sunny day; 8. mother of the beast; 9. nine lives; 10. seeing gray; 11. small poles; 12. the knife pleat skirt; 13. a son for zondo; 14. mother bird's eggs; 15. beauty; 16. my big toe; 17. i have sinned; 18. let it be an angel; 19. states of matter; 20. bonding ceremony
Summary One of the greatest challenges faced by African women writers is finding the time and the space to write. In November 2011 the third FEMRITE African Women Writers Residency alleviated this challenge for 15 women writers from 11 different countries across the continent. The writers from Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tunisia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, and Botswana gathered in Kampala, Uganda for two weeks. This anthology is the product of the writing developed before and during the residency. The short stories included are told from different perspectives, with varied v
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Subject African literature -- 21st century -- Women authors -- Congresses
Women authors, African.
Writers' workshops -- Uganda -- Congresses
African literature -- Women authors
Women authors, African
Writers' workshops
Uganda
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Banda-Aaku, Ellen
ISBN 9789970700264
997070026X