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Susan Nalugwa Kiguli is a Ugandan poet born in Luweero District, Uganda. Her parents are both Ugandan. She studied at the University of Makerere, Kampala where she obtained a BA in Education and an MA in Literature. She later joined the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and acquired a Masters of Letters in Literary Linguistics and has recently completed her PhD in English at The University of Leeds under the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme. She is a lecturer in the Department of Literature, Makerere University, Uganda, and is currently the chairperson of FEMRITE, Uganda Women Writers' Association. Kiguli started writing poetry while in high school, and has since then published widely in national and international anthologies and journals. She has read her poetry at international book fairs, literature festivals and conferences. It was, however, the publication of her first volume of poetry, THE AFRICAN SAGA (1998) that situated her among the most exciting recent poets from Eastern and Southern Africa. The volume won the National Book Trust of Uganda Poetry Award (1999) and made literary history in Uganda by selling out in less than a year. Kiguli has won a number of local and International awards for her poetry. She was also a special participant in the Northern England Professional Development for Writers of African and Asian Descent (2005-2006) Project. A critic of poetry herself, she has written on Ugandan Poetry, oral performance and the position of women writers in African literature. She has also served on the panel of judges for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (African Region, 1999) and was one of the regional Co-ordinators for the Women Writing Africa (Eastern African region).
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