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African Writers Trust

The African Writers Trust ( AWT ) an kafa ta a cikin shekarar 2009 a matsayin "wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta wacce ke neman daidaitawa da tattara marubutan Afirka a cikin ƙasashen waje da marubuta a cikin nahiyar don haɓaka musayar fasaha da sauran albarkatu, da haɓaka ilimi da koyo. tsakanin kungiyoyin biyu”. [1]

Wanda ya kafa kuma darektan AWT na yanzu shine Goretti Kyomuhendo, marubucin duniya da aka san shi tare da sana'a mai ban sha'awa a matsayin Mai Gudanar da Shirye-shiryen Farko na FEMRITE-Ƙungiyar Marubuta Mata ta Uganda. [2]

African Writers Trust ana gudanar da ita a hukumar ba da shawara, a halin yanzu (kamar na 2017) wanda ta ƙunshi Zakes Mda, Susan Nalugwa Kiguli, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Helon Habila, Leila Aboulela, Mildred Barya, da Aminatta Forna. [3]

Ko da yake a yanzu tana da hedkwata a London, Ingila, Amintattun Marubuta na Afirka ya zuwa yanzu (tun daga 2011) ta gudanar da ayyukanta musamman a Gabashin Afirka dangane da buƙatu da damar da yankin ke da shi. [4] [5]

Diana Nabiruma, ta The Observer (Uganda), ta ba da rahoto game da bitar almara da gasar da AWT ta shirya kuma aka gudanar a gidan tarihin Uganda a watan Fabrairun 2010. [6] A daya bangaren kuma, The Standard (Jaridar jama'ar jami'ar Kirista ta Uganda) ta bayar da rahoton nasarorin da marubutan daliban jami'ar Kirista ta Uganda suka samu. [7]

Martin Kanyegirire, shi ma na The Observer (Uganda), ya ba da rahoton wani bita na kwana daya da AWT ta gudanar a watan Janairun 2011 wanda ya kunshi ɗalibai 20 marubuta daga jami'o'in gabashin Afirka uku. [8]

Tun daga 2013, AWT ta gudanar da taron Marubuta na kasa da kasa na Uganda na shekara-shekara, tare da halartar marubutan duniya. [9] Taron na 2017, a kan taken "Tsarin wallafa wa na Zamani a Afirka", [10] ya gabatar da jawabi mai mahimmanci ta Bibi Bakare-Yusuf na Jarida na Jamhuriyar Cassava, [11] da kuma waƙar da mawaƙin Burtaniya-Ethiopian Lemn Sissay ya yi. [12] [13] [14]

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A cewar shafin yanar gizon African Writers Trust, ayyukan da kungiyar ta yi hasashe da tsare-tsare sun hada da kafa Makarantar Rubuce-Rubuce a Uganda, gudanar da taron karawa juna sani da gasar marubutan Afirka a kowace shekara da kuma wata kasa daban a kowace shekara, da kafa Asusun Marubuta don ba da damar ya kafa marubucin ƴan ƙasashen Afirka don ya share zangon karatu a wata jami'ar Afirka yana koyar da ɗalibai rubuce-rubucen kirkire-kirkire, da makamantansu. [15]

Dangane da haka, memba na Kwamitin Ba da Shawara Mildred Barya ya rubuta wani tunani na sirri da aka wallafa a cikin Pambazuka News game da radadin girma na AWT, ƙalubalen neman tallafi da tallafi, da kimanta abin da ƙungiyar za ta iya bayarwa. [16]

A cikin wata hira a ranar 22 ga watan May 2011 da Caine Prize nadin Beatrice Lamwaka for AfroLit, na yanzu Darakta Goretti Kyomuhendo ya ba da nata kima na ci gaba da zamani da kuma tsammanin nan gaba ga AWT: "Manufarta ita ce ginawa da kuma ci gaba da ingantaccen hanyar sadarwa ga marubutan Afirka. a Afirka da kuma kasashen waje. Kamar yadda kuka sani, akwai matsaloli da dama da marubutan Afirka za su yi ta fama da su don cimma burinsu na rubutu da buga su. Waɗannan sun haɗa da rashin ko iyakance damar wallafe-wallafe, haɓaka ƙwarewar rubuce-rubucen ƙwararru, tsarin tallafi don haɓakawa da girma a matsayin marubuta da kuma ci gaba da aiwatar da ayyukansu da abubuwan samarwa, rashin samun bayanai kan wallafe-wallafe da sauran albarkatu don marubuta, rashin motsin kan iyaka na littattafai., da sauran su. Muna shirin magance wasu daga cikin wadannan matsalolin, don haka ina fata nan da shekaru goma, da mun kawo sauyi ga marubutan Afirka.”

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  3. "Advisory Board", African Writers Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. "East Africa: Why Region Still Remains a Literary Dwarf", AllAfrica.com, 16 April 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  5. Haslam, T. J., "East Africa: a Literary Dwarf? Not quite", Error in Webarchive template: Empty url. News and Blog. AfricanWritersTrust. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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  7. Oyako, Arthur, "UCU's own excel at National poetry". Error in Webarchive template: Empty url. The Standard (Uganda Christian University’s community newspaper). Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  8. Kanyegirire, Martin,"Grooming young writers" Archived 2021-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  9. "The Uganda International Writers Conference", AWT website.
  10. Derrick Wandera and Douglas D. Sebamala, "Writers embrace era of new literary works", Daily Monitor, 13 March 2017.
  11. James Murua, "Dr Bibi Bakare-Yusuf gives keynote address at Uganda International Writers Conference 2017" Archived 2023-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, 14 March 2017.
  12. James Murua, "Dr Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Lemn Sissay for Uganda International Writers Conference 2017" Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, 13 February 2017.
  13. "Top British Poet, Lemn Sissay, Visits Uganda" Error in Webarchive template: Empty url., The Camousa Magazine, 8 March 2017.
  14. Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "Writers Taking On Publishing", The East African, via AllAfrica, 25 May 2017.
  15. "Activities and Programs", African Writers Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  16. Barya, Mildred, "The future of African writing: personal reflections", Pambazuka News, Issue 544, 10 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.