Kampala Writes Lit Fest

Happening again on 28th to 30th August 2026. Brought to you by @GZ_Kampala

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Uganda's storytellers, poets, readers, and dreamers—this is for you. 📚🎨

We're counting down to the return of a festival that celebrates the power of our stories.

The next chapter begins now. Are you ready? 👀
#klawriteslitfest
#LiteraryUganda #UgandanAuthors #ArtsAndCulture

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Save the date!

Kampala Writes Lit Fest is back for its third edition on 28th - 30th August.

Stay tuned for more details!

[BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI @musibamu1]

Why the endless journey to belonging remains slippery
@Goethe-Institut Kampala, @BritishCouncilUganda, @KlaWrites
https://t.co/QxF4B1vxVe

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📣 We’re hiring!
Join the Kampala Writes Literature Festival team as our Festival Communications and Partnerships Coordinator for the 2026 edition.
Apply by 30th November 2025.

Full details and submission requirements are available on our website.
https://t.co/82vHp7H493

[Isaac Kiiza Tibasiima 🇺🇬 @ITibasiima]

Listening to the conversations at the Kampala Writes Litfest hosted by @MakLiterature at @MakerereCHUSS and @GZ_Kampala and @UgBritish, I'm forced to rethink my academic engagement with notions of the Festival's theme: Belonging.

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AI has posed a big thread on publishing. If AI creates your work, the law can not protect it. The law regulates what is created by humans and not AI. Unfortunately, in Uganda, the law has not caught up with AI yet - Kenneth Muhangi

#klawriteslitfest2025 #beloning

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A lot of effort is put on the writer and publisher during such gatherings. But none is doing anything about the reader. Why don't we focus on the readers? We need to start putting money into the readers - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

#klawritelitfest2025 #belonging

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Language is where we define our identity. It's how we define our belonging. There is a dire need to use indigenous languages in our writing - Mercy Kirui

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We (Africa) need to control our own means of production to make our books affordable. We don't have that many press points.

Also, payments and movement of books across the continent is quite hard making them really expensive - Anwuli Ojogwu

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Happening now @MakLiterature Roundtable Discussion on "Innovative Publishing Strategies and New Models in Africa"

#klawriteslitfest2025 #belonging

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Book launch panel of two books, The New Carthaginians by Nick Makoha and Promise by Goretti Kyomuhendo.

Line from The New Carthaginians - To leave this place you must take something and break it.

#klawriteslitfest2025

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My books are always set in Uganda; in my home village which is dusty and small - Goretti Kyomuhendo

#klawriteslitfest #belonging

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I am not a full representation of Uganda but I am a son of Uganda - Nick Makoha

Happen now @MakLiterature

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The opening question from our moderator, Nii Parkes to our writers "How does your book belong to Uganda and how does Uganda belong to your book?"

#Belonging #klawriteslitfest

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@missnaiii_ Thank you for being a part of this.

[miss nai @missnaiii_]

@KlaWrites thank you for playing beautiful Ugandan and African music in between all your interludes😍🤏🏾🤏🏾

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The truth is no one is going to fund art that speaks the truth. So, how do we as institutions ensure that the artists' voices aren't muffled? - Elizabeth Mbabazi

#klawrites2025

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We have to start taking interest in the Cultural Policy so that we as the arts industry can build a strong foundation that will attract both local and international support - Charles Batambuze
#klawrites2025

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We have to start thinking of how to support ourselves as artists- Faisal Kiwewa

#klawrites2025

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Funding for the arts in shifting priorities: who gets left out panel is taking place with insightful takes from the panelists. #klawrites2025