Susan Nalugwa Kiguli
| Susan Nalugwa Kiguli | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Nalugwa Kiguli 24 June 1969 Luweero District, Uganda |
| Occupation | Academic, writer |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Alma mater | Makerere University, |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | The African Saga |
Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 24 June 1969 in Luweero District, Uganda) is an Ugandan poet and literary scholar. Currently (as of 2011) a senior lecturer at Makerere University, Kiguli has been an advocate for creative writing in Africa, including service as a founding member of FEMRITE, as a judge for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (African Region 1999), and as an advisory board member for African Writers Trust. As a poet, Kiguli to date remains best known for her collection The African Saga ; as a scholar, for her work on oral poetry and performance.
Kiguli has participated as a poet and reader in numerous literary festivals and conferences, including most prominently the International Literature Festival Berlin (2008); the Poetry Africa Festival in Kwazulu –Natal, South Africa (2009); the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya (2007); and the Leeds Centre for African Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (2005).
In addition to her critically acclaimed collection The African Saga, which won the National Book Trust of Uganda Poetry Award (1999), Kiguli has also written poems for children – four of which were featured by Books LIVE, as "Animal Portraits by Susan Kiguli (Note of Affection No. 4, Love Africa Carnival)" and selected by readers as "one of the most loved Love Notes of its month." Kiguli has discussed her own childhood reading experiences in an interview with BooksLIVE.
Kiguli has also contributed poetry for children to the collection Michael's Eyes: The War against the Ugandan Child, an international collaborative effort "intended to raise the global awareness of the situation in Northern Uganda," particularly concerning the troubles caused by the Lord's Resistance Army.
Kiguli poem’s were also featured in Eye of the Storm: A Photographic Journey Across Uganda, with photography by David Pluth and Pierre-Francois Didek.
Kiguli has also been featured by Ultra Violet: Indian feminists unplugged, and by Department of English & Creative Writing, Lancaster University.
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