In the Saturday Nation Evan Mwangi takes a longer look at How Ugandan women stole the literary torch from Kenyan writers -- arguing that:
Kenyan writers need to position themselves globally, using and re-purposing the aesthetic resources at their disposal to reach as wide an audience as possible.Good to see that the success Ugandan -- and especially Ugandan women -- writers have had is perhaps stoking ambitions elsewhere. Certainly, Femrite has played a major role in fostering writing in Uganda, and that kind of community/organization is something others might want to try to emulate
Some Ugandan women writers like Kyomuhendo, Baingana, Kuguli, and Monica Arac de Nyeko have been fairly successful in this regard.
The future does not belong to the parochial nationalist or the tribalist who votes for his fellow tribesman and certified suspects.
It belongs to those who refuse to take the beaten track, those ready to experiment with language and talk about forbidden themes.