Lubwa p'Chong

Lubwa p'Chong (20 August 1946 – February 1997) was a Ugandan playwright and poet. He founded and edited Nanga, the magazine of the National Teachers College, Kampala, and edited Dhana, the Makerere University literary magazine. His poetry has appeared in East African magazines and anthologies.[1][2]

Lubwa p'Chong
BornCliff Lubwa p'Chong
(1946-08-20)20 August 1946
Gulu, Uganda
DiedFebruary 1997
Kampala
Occupationwriter
NationalityUgandan
GenrePlays
Notable worksThe minister's wife, Generosity kills, The last safari

Early life and education

Cliff Lubwa P’chong was born in Gulu, Uganda.[3] He was educated at Koc Goma Primary School, then Gulu High School for his junior secondary school before joining Sir Samuel Baker School, Gulu, for his O'levels, then National Teachers' College Kyambogo where he qualified as a grade five teacher in 1969, before being posted to St Charles Lwanga SSS, Koboko. In 1976 he attained a bachelor's degree in literature and linguistics from the prestigious Makerere University, before proceeding to Durham and Exeter universities. He was a creative writing fellow at the University of Iowa (1987), and lectured in drama-in-education at the Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo.[4] He had his early education there and in Kyambogo. He taught for several years, and then studied literature and linguistics at Makerere University.[1][2]

Writing

His plays Generosity Kills and The Last Safari (1975) were followed by Words of My Groaning (1976), a portrait of life in independent Africa. His other plays are The Minister’s Wife (1982), The Bishop’s Daughters (1988), Do Not Uproot the Ppumpkin (1987), Kinsmen and Kinswomen (1988) and The Madman (1989). Lubwa has also published the article "Okot p’Bitek: The cultural matrix of the acholi", in Uganda: The Cultural Landscape, edited by Eckhard Breitinger (1999).[2][5][6]

Published works

Plays
  • The Mad Man. 1988.
  • Kinsmen and Kinswomen. Crane Publishers. 1988.
  • The Bishop's Daughters. 1988.
  • Do Not Uproot the Pumpkin. 1987.
  • The Minister's Wife. New Expression Press. 1983.
  • Words of My Groaning. East African Literature Bureau. 1976.
  • Generosity Kills and The Last Safari: two plays. Longman. 1975.
  • The Last Safari. 1975.

Literary criticism
  • "Okot p'Bitek: The cultural matrix of the Acholi in his writings", in Eckhard Breitinger, ed. (1999). Uganda: the cultural landscape. Fountain Publishers. ISBN 9783927510302.
  • A biographical sketch in Artist, the Ruler: Essays on Art, Culture and Values. East African Publishers. 1986.

References
  1. Simon Gikandi, Evan Mwangi (2013). The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0231125208.
  2. G. D. Killam, Alicia L. Kerfoot (2008). Student Encyclopedia of African Literature, p. 184. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313335808.
  3. "P’ Chong Cliff Lubwa", Cultures-Uganda.
  4. ed. Martin Banham, Errol Hill, George Woodyard (1994). "The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre", p. 125. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521411394.
  5. Frances Harding (2013). The Performance Arts in Africa: A Reader, pp. 245–256. Routledge. ISBN 9781136416897.
  6. Ed. Eldred Durosimi Jones, Marjorie Jones (1996). New Trends & Generations in African Literature: A Review, p. 136. James Currey Publishers. ISBN 9780852555200.
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