Angella Emurwon Explained

Occupation:	Playwright
Nationality:	Ugandan
Genre:	Plays
Notableworks:	Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence; The Cow Needs A Wife

Angella Emurwon is a Ugandan playwright.^[1] She won the 2012 International Playwriting Competition first prize in the English as a Second Language category for her play Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence,^{[2] [3] [4]} in the 23rd International Playwriting Competition held by the BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers.^{[5] [6]} Her play The Cow Needs A Wife^[7] came third in the 2010 BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition.^[8]

Bibliography

Plays

• Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence, 2012
• The Cow Needs A Wife, 2010^[9]

Short stories

• "Love puzzle"

External links

• "Ugandan playwright wins BBC World Service writing competition"
• "Angella Emurwon: Playwright with a rising international profile"
• "Ugandans sweep BBC awards"
• "Writing Plays; What Is It?"
• "Books They Read: Angella Emurwon"
• "Angella Emurwon speaks on her global playwriting award"
• "Censorship and the Arts in Uganda"
• Angella Emurwon on Facebook
• YouTube video on Angella Emurwon Part 1 - The challenges of having a social focus
• https://hi-in.facebook.com/GoetheZentrumKampala/videos/sunday-uganda-angella-emurwon-only-four-days-to-ngalabi-short-film-festival-2019/279933316020517/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Angella Emurwon. www.wikidata.org. en. 30 May 2020.
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/int-playwriting-competition,International Playwriting Competition 2012 - winners announced
3. http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23863&Itemid=114,Ugandan wins BBC global prize
4. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Radio-drama-earns-Ugandan-playwright-global-literary-prize-/-/434746/1745536/-/vm5uu/-/index.html,Radio drama earns Ugandan playwright global literary prize
5. http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Ugandan-wins-playwriting-competition/-/691232/1695056/-/kuewde/-/index.html,Ugandan wins playwriting competition
6. https://archive.today/20140616091455/http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/international-radio-playwriting-competition-winner-angella-emurwon/,International Radio Playwriting Competition Winner – Angella Emurwon
7. http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/-/691232/1174180/-/pb04jz/-/index.html,Why would a cow need a wife?
8. Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "Ugandans Dominate BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition 2010", artmatters.info, 12 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
9. Web site: BBC World Service - Programmes - African Performance 2010: The Cow Needs A Wife by Angella Emurwon. www.bbc.co.uk. 26 August 2010. 30 May 2020.