Glaydah Namukasa

**Glaydah Namukasa,** muwadiisi okuva mu Uganda nga kuno kw'ateeka okubeera omuzaalisa.Yeuwandiisi w*Voice of a Dream* n*Deadly Ambition*. Y'omu kubali mu kibiina kya FEMRITE, ekigata abkayala abawandiisi mu Uganda nga mubiseera by'omwaka gwa 2014, yeeyali ssentebe waakyo. Y'omu ku bakyala 39 okuva ku lukalo lwa Afrika abawandiisi abaalangirirwa okubeera ku  pulojekiti ya Africa39 eyayanjulwa aba  Rainbow,mu bikujuko bya Hay wamu n'aba Bloomsbury Publishing abafulumya obutabo nga bano baali ku bikujuko bya London Book Fair obw'okwolesezaako obutabo obw'enjawulo mu mwaka gwa 2014. Kirina olukalala lw'amawanga 39 okuva agali wansi w'eddungu lya lw'okulukalo agalimu abawandiisi abawa esuubi, nga tebasusa myaka 40.

## Obulamu bwe, n'eby'enjigiriza
Glaydah yazaalibwa mu bitundui by'e Ntebbe, mu Uganda. Kitaawe yafa ng'akyali mwana muto, nga yakula ne maama we e Ntebbe, wamu ne baganda bbe abawala basatu, n'abalenzi babiri. Yasomera ku Nkumba Primary School, gyeyava oluvannyuma okugenda ku Entebbe Secondary School. Yatikirwa ng'omuzaalisa mu mwezi ogw'omukaaga, mu mwaka gwa 2000 musomero ly'e Kabale eriyigiriza obusawo oba obwa naansi. Esaawa eno, akola ne disitulikiti y'e Wakiso.Yeegata ku kibiina ky'abakyala abawandiisi ekya, FEMRITE mu mwaka gwa 2002. Oluvannyuma yeetaga ku kakiiko ka Bungereza ak'enkola y'okusala ensalo, ng'owandiika ebintu ebiyiyiziddwa.

Yatandika omulimu gwe ogw'okuwandiika ng'abuulira engero eri bayizi banne kusomero lya Nkumba Primary ne ku Entebbe Secondary School.Yatera ng'okwebuuza lwaki yali tawandiika ngero zino mukifo ky'okuzinyumya. Yali akozesa ebitabo byebakozesa kumasomero okuwandiika engero zaabwe, oluvannyuma n'asaba mikwano gye okusomamu. Egimu ku mikwano gye egyali ginyumirwa okusoma byeyali awandiika, Andrew Byogi, yabisoma ng'abidiringana yamusemba, mu kibiina ekigata abakyala abwadiika mu Uganda ekya FEMRITE, gyeyafuuka omulwanirizi w'eddembe era omuwandiisi ow'amaanyi

## Okuwandiika
Akatabo ka Glaydah ak*Voice of a Dream*, kaawangula ekirabo ky'omwaka gwa 2005 ne 2006 ekya Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa-Senior Prize Yaweebwa awaadi y'omwaka gwa 2006 eya Michael and Marylee Fairbanks International Fellowship okubeera mu lukungaana lwa Breadloaf Writers' Conference mu Ripton, Vermont, mu Ameria. Akatabo bbe ak*Deadly Ambition*, kaafulumizibwa mu mwaka gwa 2006 ngabwandiisi okuva ku munsiyonna, okuva kusetendekero lya yunivasite ya Iowa, mu Amerika.Abadde omuwandiisi alambula amaka ga City of Asylum mu kibuga kya Pittsburg, n'enyumba ya Ledig ey*Crossing the Bramble Field* , n'eyamuyigiriza Angela Barry. Mu mwaka gwa 2012, olugero lwe olwali luyitibwa amaka gange amapya oba "My New Home" lwali olumu ku pulojeti ezaatekebwa ku bakyala abawandiika ebigwawo mu bintu mungeri ey*[[:en:New_Daughters_of_Africa|New Daughters of Africa]]*  mu mwaka gwa 2019, akaaterezebwa Margaret Busby. Namukasa awandiise obutabo busatu nga bw'abaana, nga bwonna bufulumiziddwa wansi w'endowooza z'abantu abalina ekigendererwa eky'okwegata, n'aba Macmillan imprint.

## By'awandiise

### Obutabo

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### Engero ennyimpi

* "And Still Hope Survives", in  *Dreams, Miracles and Jazz*. Picador Africa. ISBN&nbsp;.
* "Then Now and Tomorrow", in  New Internationalist Publications Ltd. 2007. ISBN&nbsp;.
* "The Naked Bones", in  *Gifts of Harvest*. FEMRITE publications. ISBN&nbsp;.
* "Ojera's Final Hope", in  *Michael's Eyes: The War against the Ugandan Child*. Umea, Sweden : Institutionen for moderna sprak Umea universitet. ISBN&nbsp;.
* "The Second Twin", in  *I Dare to Say*. FEMRITE publications. ISBN&nbsp;.
* "My New Home", Words Without Borders, 2013
* "Dreams dreams and dreams!", authorme.com

### Ebitontome

* "Yet Hope Survives", *Sable Magazine*, UK (shortlisted for the Ken Sarowiwa Legacy) 2004
* "That Place", FEMRITE *Word Write Journal*, 2004, republished in Poetry Poster Project, 2008