Tumusiime Rushedge

Tumusiime Rushedge (1 Omwezi ogwokusatu 1941 – 2008) yali musawo munnayuganda  eyalongoosa, omuvuzi w'ennyonyi, omuwandiisi w'obutabo bw'engero ezisomwa (Novelist) , mukubi  wa katuuni era omuwandiisi w'emiko mu mpapula z'amawulire. Yali amanyiddwa nga "Tom Rush". Yawandiikanga omuko buli wiiki mu Sunday Vision, oguyitibwa "Old Fox". Yeeyali obwongo emabega w'ekifaananyi kya katuuni eyitibwa lwa "Ekanya", ekyafulumizibwanga buli lunaku mu New Vision . Katuuni zino zaali zeetooloolera ku neeyisa y'Ekanya ey'ekitaamiivu ne mukyala we Rosie omulafuubanyi ,era nga zibadde zimanyiddwa okuva ku ntandikwa y’emyaka gya  1970.  Ye muwandiisi w'akatabo k'olugero, The Corrupt, the Quick and the Dead .  

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Tumusiime yazaalibwa nga 1 Omwezi ogwokusatu 1941 mu ssaza ly’e Buhweju mu Disitulikiti y’e Bushenyi . Yeeyali omuggulanda (First born)  mu baana musanvu, abaazaalibwa Rev. Andereya Rushedge ne Eseza Bantu. Yakulira mu maka amakulisiaayo era mu buto bwe, yeenyigira nnyo mu kkanisa ya Emmanuel Church Kabwohe ng’omukubi w’engoma ayita abasinza mu kusaba kwa Ssande.

Yasomera mu Kibubura Boys Primary School e Ibanda, ku misomo gye egya pulayimale. Ku misomo gya siniya, yagenda ku ssomero lya Mbarara High School (1954–1957) ne Ntare School (1958–1960). Yayiiya nakuba akabonero k’essomero lya Ntare bweyali omuyizi eyo. Yasoma Obusawo ku yunivasite y’e Makerere mu 1961. Eyo, n'era yasukkuluma era mu 1966 n’atikkirwa n’eddiguli esooka , n’agenda mu maaso okukuguka mu kujanjaba amatu, ennyindo n’emimiro (ENT). Yafuna dipulooma eya waggulu eddirira ddiguli  esooka (Postgraduate diploma) ku bbanguliro ly’abasawo. Yagenda okwongera okusoma mu Amerika n’afuna ddiguli eyookubiri mu kulongoosa abalwadde mu kibuga Chicago. Olw’ebyo bye yakola mu bisaawe by'obusawo obw'obujanjabi bw’amatu ,ennyindo n'emimiro ( ENT) n'endwadde z'obwongo n'olukizi, yaweebwa obwa pulofeesa. 

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