Glaydah Namukasa is the author of two novels, Voice of a Dream and Deadly Ambition.
10 Facts About Glaydah Namukasa
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Glaydah Namukasa is a member of FEMRITE, the Ugandan Women Writer's Association, and is currently its Chairperson.
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Glaydah Namukasa is one of the 39 African writers announced as part of the Africa39 project unveiled by Rainbow, Hay Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing at the London Book Fair 2014.
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Glaydah Namukasa studied in Nkumba Primary School, then Entebbe Secondary School.
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Glaydah Namukasa graduated as a midwife in June 2000 at Kabale Nursing School.
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Glaydah Namukasa joined the Uganda Female Writers Association, FEMRITE in 2002.
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Glaydah Namukasa started her writing career by telling stories to fellow students at Nkumba Primary and Entebbe Secondary School.
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Glaydah Namukasa used to ask herself why she could not write the stories instead.
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Glaydah Namukasa has been a visiting writer in residence at City of Asylum Pittsburgh and Ledig House International writers' residence, Hudson, New York, where she began drafting her second novel.
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Glaydah Namukasa has written three books for children, all published under the Pan African, Macmillan imprint.