This article is definitely worth a read:
How Uganda's female writers found their voice
A
pioneering foundation called Femwrite has helped a new generation of
Ugandan women tell – or at least record – often harrowing stories of
daily life in the country
Beatrice Lamwaka: 'The
only way I could deal with [my experience] was to write the stories we
hadn't been able to tell.' Photograph: Elizabeth Day for the Observer
"Lamwaka says she has only had the confidence to turn her experiences into fiction because of the pioneering work of Femrite, an NGO established in Uganda in 1995 to promote and publish women's writing."
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Commonweath Short Story prize contenders:
The Commonwealth Short Story prize for the best unpublished short fiction is £5,000. The shortlist is:
The New Customers, Julian Jackson (South Africa)
In a South Africa still riven by apartheid, an English-speaking urban visitor finds himself in the midst of a scene of racial aggression between an Afrikaner farmer and some local men.
The Whale House, Sharon Millar (Trinidad and Tobago)
As a woman recovers from a miscarriage, it resurrects an old conflict and a long-kept secret. Bush medicine, teenage sexuality and difficult moral choices intertwine in this uniquely Trinidadian story.
The Sarong-Man in the Old House, and an Incubus for a Rainy Night, Michael Mendis (Sri Lanka)
An old house is empty but for Wijey and an assortment of souvenirs of an endless life spent hiding in shadowy places. A storm stirs his memory and takes him back to a forgotten night of innocence.
We Walked on Water, Eliza Robertson (Canada)
After the death of his twin sister during the Ironman competition in British Columbia, a young boy decides to compete again.
Things With Faces, Zoë Meager (New Zealand)
A magical realist tale of a family learning to love and comfort each other while acknowledging the closeness between animal and human impulses
The New Customers, Julian Jackson (South Africa)
In a South Africa still riven by apartheid, an English-speaking urban visitor finds himself in the midst of a scene of racial aggression between an Afrikaner farmer and some local men.
The Whale House, Sharon Millar (Trinidad and Tobago)
As a woman recovers from a miscarriage, it resurrects an old conflict and a long-kept secret. Bush medicine, teenage sexuality and difficult moral choices intertwine in this uniquely Trinidadian story.
The Sarong-Man in the Old House, and an Incubus for a Rainy Night, Michael Mendis (Sri Lanka)
An old house is empty but for Wijey and an assortment of souvenirs of an endless life spent hiding in shadowy places. A storm stirs his memory and takes him back to a forgotten night of innocence.
We Walked on Water, Eliza Robertson (Canada)
After the death of his twin sister during the Ironman competition in British Columbia, a young boy decides to compete again.
Things With Faces, Zoë Meager (New Zealand)
A magical realist tale of a family learning to love and comfort each other while acknowledging the closeness between animal and human impulses
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