LITTLE DEATH!
In Little Death!, Kantanzi Suzan Amumpaire uses the metaphor of a tango to explore desire, intimacy and an overwhelming encounter that leaves a lasting impression.
THE PEARL OF PAINS
In The Pearl of Pains, Kellna Hursle reflects on Uganda's beauty and the hardships he sees behind it, exploring poverty, unemployment, freedom and national identity.
AND EVERY SEAT HAD ITS SITTER!
In And Every Seat Had Its Sitter!, Timothy Okurut remembers a once-full classroom and the classmates lost to poverty, separation, early marriage and death.
MY GRANDFATHER
In My Grandfather, Gerald Obote recalls a childhood fowling expedition that ends in devastating loss, using crows, silence and memory to portray the death of a beloved grandfather.
TO
In To, Atuhwera Daphine traces the human journey through friendship, education, love, family, wealth, poverty and suffering before confronting the one destination every life eventually shares.
ON MY WAY TO 30
In On My Way to 30, Marvin M.W reflects on turning 27, confronting childhood wounds and rediscovering faith, hope and his own voice as he begins the journey towards 30.
LOVE OF MY LIFE
In Love of My Life, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick uses crimson, scarlet and fiery imagery to portray passionate love as an intense force capable of consuming the heart.
THE ONLY ACHILLES HEEL
In The Only Achilles Heel, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick combines idioms, playful contradictions and romantic imagery to celebrate a love that has become both a blessing and her greatest vulnerability.
BELONGING
In Belonging, home lives beyond geography. Through memories of Masaka, a brother’s voice, fried groundnuts and familiar words, the poet explores how family and memory allow us to carry home wherever we go.
LOVING MY COUNTRY HURTS!
In Loving My Country Hurts!, Suzan Kantanzi Amumpaire draws on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice to explore patriotism, pain and the complicated experience of loving one's country while feeling wounded by what happens within it.
