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Hilda Twongyeirwe
Hilda Twongyeirwe at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017
Hilda Twongyeirwe at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017
BornHilda Twongyeirwe
Kabale, Uganda
OccupationEditor, writer
NationalityUgandan
Alma materMakerere University
GenreFiction, poetry
Notable worksFina the Dancer

Hilda Twongyeirwe is a Ugandan writer and editor.[1] For ten years, she taught English language and literature in secondary school before she retired to do development work in 2003. She is an editor, a published author of short stories and poetry, and a recipient of a Certificate of Recognition (2008) from the National Book Trust of Uganda for her children's book, Fina the Dancer. She is currently the coordinator of FEMRITE, an organisation she participated in founding in 1995. She has edited fiction and creative nonfiction works, the most recent ones being I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival (2012) and Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation (2013).[2]

Early life and education

Twongyeirwe was born in Kabale district, south-west Uganda, in Kacerere near Lake Bunyonyi. She graduated with an honours degree in social sciences and a master's degree in public administration and management from Makerere University.[3]

Femrite

Twongyeirwe at a Public Reading at the Femrite regional residence for African women writers

She has been a member of FEMRITE since its inception,joining while still a student at Makerere University.[3][4] She is currently the coordinator of FEMRITE. She has edited fiction and creative nonfiction works, the most recent ones being I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival (2012)[5] and Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation (2013).[2] She has taken part in a number of projects by FEMRITE over the years, to promote reading and writing, especially in secondary and primary schools.[6]

Writing career

Hilda has published a children's book, Fina the Dancer (2007), which was awarded a certificate of recognition as an outstanding piece of literature for children, and other books in Runyankole Rukiga for primary one and two. Her poetry has appeared in various journals and magazines, including "The Threshold by the Nile", in the Poster Poetry Project anthology. She has published a number of stories with FEMRITE: "Becoming a Woman" in 1998, "Headlines" in 2001, "The Pumpkin Seed" in Pumpkin Seeds, and many more.[7]

She was a mentor in the 2013 Writivism workshop.[8] Her story "Baking the National Cake" was published in October 2013 as part of the Words Without Borders project of work by women writing in indigenous African languages.[9][10]

Published works

Novels

  • Fina, the Dancer. Sasa Sema Publications. 2007. ISBN 9789970039609.

Short stories

  • "Let It Be an Angel", in Summoning the Rains. Femrite Publications. 2012. ISBN 9789970700257. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "And If", in Hilda Twongyeirwe, ed. (2012). World of Our Own and other stories. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700257.
  • "The Intrigue", in Hilda Twongyeirwe, ed. (2012). I Dare Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival. Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago. ISBN 978-1-56976-842-6.
  • "Till we find our voices", in Never Too Late. Femrite Publications. 2011. ISBN 9789970700233. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "Headlines", in Tales from my Motherland. The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Nairobi Kenya. 2010. ISBN 9789966228451. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "This Time Tomorrow", in Farming Ashes: Tales of Agony and Resilience. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 9789970700202. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "The Intrigue", in Beyond the Dance: Voices of women on female genital mutilation. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 9789970700196. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "Making Ends Meet", in Violet Barungi, ed. (2009). Talking Tales. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700219.
  • "The Pumpkin Seed", in Pumpkin Seeds and Other Gifts:Stories from the FEMRITE Regional Writers Residency, 2008. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 9789970700226. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "Headlines", in Violet Barungi, ed. (2001). Words from a Granary. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700011.
  • "Becoming a Woman", in Karooro Okurut, ed. (1998). A Woman's Voice. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970901036.
  • "Baking the National Cake", wordswithoutborders.org, 2013

Poetry

  • "In conversation", "New Tarmac", in Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A Thousand Voices Rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3.
  • "Sometime, I hear your Voice Mama", in An Anthology of New Work by African Women Poets. Lynne Rienner Publications. 2013. ISBN 978-1-58826-868-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "Mama's Garden of Beans, Papa's Hands, Who Litters?" in The Butterfly Dance: Words and Sounds of Colour. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 978-9970-700-18-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • "By the Nile, Threshold", in Painted Voices: A collage of art and poetry, volume II. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 978-9970-700-18-9.
  • "In Conversation, Breaking Order", in Post-colonial text Volume 8, No. 1 (2013).

Books edited

  • Hilda Twongyeirwe, ed. (2013). Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation.
  • Hilda Twongyeirwe, ed. (2012). I Dare Say. Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago. ISBN 978-1-56976-842-6.
  • Summoning the Rains. Femrite Publications. 2012. ISBN 9789970700257. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • Hilda Twongyeirwe, ed. (2012). Word of Our Own and other stories. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700257.
  • Never Too Late. Femrite Publications. 2011. ISBN 9789970700233. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • Beyond the Dance: Voices of women on female genital mutilation. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 9789970700196. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • Faming Ashes: Tales of Agony and Resilience. Femrite Publications. 2009. ISBN 9789970700202. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

References

  1. ^ "Hilda Twongyeirwe ", African Books Collective. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Hilda Twongyeirwe", Words Without Borders. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Beatrice Speaks to Hilda Twongyeirwe", AfroLit, 6 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  4. ^ "The History Of FEMRITE" femriteug.org. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Titles by Hilda Twongyeirwe", Chicago Review Press. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  6. ^ "About Femrite", March 6, 2009, Femrite. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Books they read: Hilda Twongyeirwe", monitor.co.ug, 4 September 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Writivism Mentorship Programme", CACEAfrica, 23 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  9. ^ "October 2013: African Women, Indigenous Languages", wordswithoutborders.org, October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  10. ^ Carmen McCain, "Words Without Borders Draws Attention to African Women Writing in Indigenous Languages", A Tunanina…, 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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