In June 1962[1][2] a conference of African literature in the English language, the first African Writers Conference, was held at Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda. Officially called a "Conference of African Writers of English Expression", it was sponsored by the Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Mbari Club in association with the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of Makerere, whose director was Gerald Moore.[3][4]
The conference was attended by many prominent African writers, including: from West Africa Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka (later Nobel Laureate in Literature), John Pepper Clark, Obi Wali, Gabriel Okara, Christopher Okigbo, Bernard Fonlon, Frances Ademola, Cameron Duodu, Kofi Awoonor; from South Africa: Ezekiel Mphahlele, Bloke Modisane, Lewis Nkosi, Dennis Brutus, Arthur Maimane; from East Africa Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (at that time known as James Ngugi), Robert Serumaga, Rajat Neogy (founder of Transition Magazine), Okot p'Bitek, Pio Zirimu (credited with coining the term "orature"), Grace Ogot, Rebecca Njau, David Rubadiri, Jonathan Kariara; and from the African diaspora Langston Hughes.[1][5][6][7][8] The conference was "not only the very first major international gathering of writers and critics of African literature on the African continent; it was also held at the very cusp of political independence for most African countries."[9]
^ ab"The First Makerere African Writers Conference 1962", Makerere University Archived 27 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
^Peter Kalliney, "The Makerere generation", TLS, 6 July 2016.
^Obi Nwakanma, Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67: Thirsting for Sunlight, James Currey, 2010, p. 181.
^Mbari Club, Makerere University College. Department of Extra-Mural Studies, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Conference of African Writers of English Expression, Kampala, Uganda: Makerere University College, 1962. WorldCat
^Billy Kahora, "Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams: A history of creative writing instruction in East Africa", Chimurenga Chronic, 18 April 2017.
^John Roger Kurtz, Urban Obsessions, Urban Fears: The Postcolonial Kenyan Novel, Africa World Press, 1998, pp. 15–16.
^Frederick Philander, "Namibian Literature at the Cross Roads", New Era, 18 April 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^Robert Gates, "African Writers, Readers, Historians Gather In London", PM News, 27 October 2017.
^Announcement of conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the June 1962, Humanities & Social Sciences Online.
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