LC control no. | nb 97056699 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PR9402.9.K96 |
Personal name heading | Kyomuhendo, Goretti, 1965- |
Associated country | Uganda |
Associated place | London (England) |
Birth date | 1965 |
Place of birth | Uganda |
Field of activity | Feminism |
Affiliation | Makerere University. Business School University of KwaZulu-Natal FEMRITE (Association) University of Iowa |
Profession or occupation | Novelists Essayists Political activists |
Found in | The first daughter, 1996: t.p. (Goretti Kyomuhendo) p. 4 of cover (b. 1965; Hoima, west. Uganda; freelance writer) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Kyomuhendo, Goretti; fiction writer, essayist, political activist, feminist; born 1965 in Uganda; studied marketing, Nakawa Business College (now Makerere University Business School); received a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa; was founding member and program coordinator of FEMRITE; received Best Novel of the Year award from National Book Trust of Uganda for the novel Secrets No More (1999); was the first Ugandan woman invited to the International Writing Program, University of Iowa, Iowa, US; moved to London, England) |