Elvania Namukwaya 31 August 1938 Bussi Island, Kalangala District, Uganda
Died
31 October 1979 Uganda
Occupation
Poet, dramatist
Nationality
Ugandan
Alma mater
Makerere University
King's College Budo
Notable works
Keeping up with the Mukasas; When the Hunchback Made Rain (1970); Snoring Strangers (1973)[1]
Spouse
Pio Zirimu
Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (31 August 1938 – 31 October 1979)[2] was a Ugandan poet and dramatist. She formed the Ngoma Players, with the policy of writing and producing Ugandan plays, and was actively concerned with the National Theatre.[3] She belonged to the early generation of English-language Ugandan writers and playwrights that includes novelist Okello Oculi, playwright John Ruganda, and novelist Austin Bukenya. Her best-known work is the one-act play Keeping up with the Mukasas,[4] included in David Cook's 1965 anthology of East African plays, Origin East Africa.
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^"Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu", SPLA.
^Martin Banham, Errol Hill & George Woodyard (eds), The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre, 1994, p. 126.
^Zirimu, Elvania. "Keeping up with the Mukasas". Alexandria. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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