Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Explained

Birth Name:	Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa
Birth Place:	Kampala, Uganda
Birth Date:	1964
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Ugandan
Genre:	Fiction, poetry
Notableworks:	Flame and Song (2016)

Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (born 1964) is a Ugandan author,^[1] a life and personal coach,^{[2] [3]} living in Cape Town, South Africa.^[4] She spoke at TEDxTableMountain and TEDxPrinceAlbert in 2012.^[5] Her memoir, Flame and Song, was published in 2016.^{[6] [7]}

Childhood and Education

Philippa was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1964. She is the youngest daughter of Ugandan poet Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow and Fayce Lois Watsemwa Barlow (née Kutosi).^[8] She went to Nakasero Primary School, and then Gayaza High School.^[9] Her family left Uganda to live in Ethiopia when Archbishop Luwum was killed. She then joined The Kenya High School where she did both her "O" and "A" levels. She joined Makerere University and spent a year as an occasional student in the department of Music, Dance and Drama. In 1984 she joined Kenyatta University to pursue a Degree in Education. She graduated in 1987 with B.ED Hons in Music and Literature.

Published works

Memoir

• Book: Flame and Song: A memoir. Modjaji Books. 2016. 978-1928215219.

Children's books

• Book: Katiiti's song. Bookdash. 2016.
• Book: Mkhulu and Me. Cambridge University Press. 2009. 978-0521741804.
• Book: Kea Goes To School. Cambridge University Press. 2009. 978-0521741491.
• Book: Tyres and Tubes. Cambridge University Press. 2009. 978-0521742238.

Short stories

• "How to tell your story" in Book: Being a Woman in Cape Town: Telling Your Story. Nancy Richards, Carol du Toit. Woman Zone Cape Town. 2015. 9780994662767.

Poetry

• "At the gates of Mulago I, II and II" and "Death of an Archbishop" in Book: Africa Ablaze! poems and prose pieces of war and civil conflict selected. Patricia Schonstein. Africa Sun Press. 2013. 9781874915195.
• "Velvet Skies" in Book: Africa! My Africa!: an anthology of poems selected. Patricia Schonstein. Sun Press. 2012.
• "Destiny" and "Serenade" in Book: An anthology of East African Poetry. A. D. Amateshe. Longman. 1988. 978-0582895225.
• "To you my friend" in Book: The Music of Poetry: Poems from Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Waveney Olembo. 1986.

External links

• "Stories of activism, exile and leadership", January 2016.
• "A Dashing Day: the magic of making books for children", Books Live, 6 March 2016
• "Seing self is vital in story for kids", Daily Dispatch, 6 June 2016.
• "OUR AIM IN THE FESTIVAL IS TO INCLUDE A RANGE OF GENRES AND WRITERS", Blown Away By Books, The Friends of the Fish Hoek Library.

Notes and References

1. https://d6mwhatson.wordpress.com/tag/philippa-namutebi-kabali-kagwa/ "Stories of activism, exile and leadership"
2. http://lifelab.biz/project/phillipa/ "Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa"
3. http://www.destinyconnect.com/2011/04/01/the-power-of-focus-2011-04-01/ "The power of focus"
4. Gaaki Kigambo, "Flame and Song: A family’s struggle building a nation", theeastafrican.co.ke, 1 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
5. http://tedxtablemountain.org/portfolio/philippa-namutebi-kabali-kagwa/ "Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Speaker 2012"
6. Tom Odhiambo, "An African elegy of the nations we never built", The Nation, 29 November 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
7. Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire, "2016’s Acclaimed and Popular Books by African Writers", This Is Africa, 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
8. http://badilishapoetry.com/philippa-namutebi-kabali-kagwa/ "Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa"
9. Joel B Ntwatwa, "Book Review: Flame and Song by Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa", nevender.com, 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.