Alex Mukulu
Alex Mukulu is a Ugandan playwright. [1][2]
Life
Born into a large family in Buganda, Mukulu grew up in Mityana District. After Kololo Secondary School, he studied Film and Drama at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. His most well-known plays include “30 Year of Bananas”, “Wounds of Africa” and “Guest of Honour”. [3] “Journey to Self-Realisation” was performed at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting, held in Kampala in 2007. [4]
Works
Plays
- “Muzukulu wa Kabangala” (produced 1977)
- “Engule ya Kamukukulu” (produced 1978 )
- “Springs of Tears” (produced 1979)
- “The Cigarette” (produced 1980)
- “Opera Bakisimba” (produced 1980)
- “Twin Opera” (produced 1980)
- “The Celebrity” (produced 1983)
- “I killed the Archbishop” (produced 1984)
- “Gwanga Mujje” (produced 1985)
- “Mbasalidde ga Nkolwa” (produced 1985)
- “Stop it with 11 men” (produced 1986)
- “Liberator kid” (produced 1987)
- “The Drunkards” (produced 1986/7)
- “Wounds of Africa” (produced 1988)
- “Peasants Cry” (produced 1989)
- “30 years of Bananas” (produced 1991)
- “Excuse me Mzungu” (produced 1992)
- “The Guest of Honour” (produced 1994)
- “Seven workers of Uganda” (produced 1995)
- “Radio Mambo Bado” (produced 1996)
- “A good Muganda case” (produced 1997)
- “Journey to Self-Realisation” (performed at the opening ceremony of Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting, held in Kampala, 2007)
Books
30 Years of Bananas, Alex Mukulu, Oxford University Press, 1993
References
- ^ Mercy Mireme Ntangaare and Eckhard Breitinger: “Ugandan Drama in English,” in Uganda: The Cultural Landscape, (Ed). Breitinger, Eckhard (Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers, 2000), 224-49.
- ^ Wanjala, Chris L. & Wanjala, Alex Nelungo: “Central and East Africa – A Personal Overview”, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Vol 40, Issue 4, pages 253-265, 1 Dec 2005.
- ^ Fuchs, Anne (Ed): “ New Theatre in Francophone and Anglophone Africa: A Selection of Papers Held at a Conference in Mandelieu”, 23-26 June, 1995, Rodopi, 1999.
- ^ Ingram, Derek: “Kampala Notebook”, The Round Table - The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol 97, No 394, pages 29-33, Feb 2008