“I started reading books at the
age of two, when did you start reading?” That is what Asiimwe, Rachel and other children of Epitome Kindergarten in Muyenga will say. When people see their ability to articulate
in exceptional ways, their highly imaginative ability, they will say that it's because they started reading from the age of two.
Thanks to their head-teacher,
Joyce, who organized a book week from 2nd to 6th
November. The shelves were filled with animations, folk-tales, fairy-tales,
animal stories, fantasy books and jolly phonics, all with the aim of changing a
generation. We were privileged as Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation, to donate
books to the children. Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, a critically acclaimed poet from
Nigeria, winner of the 2014 Glenna Luschei Prize with three globally sought
after poetry collections to his name, donated a large amount of books to the
Babishai Children’s Book Drive. Grassroots Uganda, run by Lee Anyadwe,
generously donated children’s material to the drive as well and for that we are
eternally grateful. These donations came during the Babishai Poetry Festival in
August 2015. It was the first ever poetry festival in Uganda and came with
close to 250 guests from 11 different countries. Our next festival will be held
from 24 to 26 August 2016 under the theme of Abundance: Poetry From
Contemporary Africa. Amongst the confirmed guests are Kenyan actor and playwright,
John Sibi Okumu, The Head of Literature at Makerere University, Botswana’s highly acclaimed poet, TJ Dema, amongst others.
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