Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu

Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu was born on 31 August 1938 on the island of Bussi, in Uganda. Educated at King's College Budo, Makerere University and the University of Leeds, she taught at Kyambogo and then at Makerere, founded the Ngoma Players company in 1967 and in 1978 chaired the National Theatre. A poet and playwright, she wrote for the stage and for radio, and had just been appointed Uganda's high commissioner to Ghana when she died, in 1979.

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• TheatreWhen the Hunchback Made RainElvania Namukwaya Zirimu · 1975Literature