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You Don't Have to Be a Dead, Old English Man to Be a Writer

— Monica Arac de Nyeko

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I grew up in Kampala but Kitgum is the place I call home. There is this thing perhaps in Uganda or elsewhere as well (I do not know) but it does not matter if you grew up elsewhere all your life. The place where your parents are from is always home.

I think people should write whatever they want to write. Writing is not prescriptive. It is good to see several recent books tackle head-on a lot of complex themes and predicaments on the continent. That is what good stories should do.

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