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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Austin Bukenya</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Austin Bukenya<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-02-10</span>) </span>10 February 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Masaka" title="Masaka">Masaka</a>, Uganda</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Poet, playwright, novelist and academic administrator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Ugandan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ugandan">Ugandan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Makerere_University" title="Makerere University">Makerere University</a> <a href="/wiki/Namilyango_College" title="Namilyango College">Namilyango College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novels, plays, poetry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i>The People's Bachelor</i> (1972); <i>The Bride</i> (1987)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Austin Bukenya</b> (born 10 February 1944) is a Ugandan poet, playwright, novelist and academic administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-newvision_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newvision-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the author of the novel <i>The People's Bachelor</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-edirisa_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edirisa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a play, <i>The Bride</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-joankivanda_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joankivanda-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has taught languages, literature and drama at <a href="/wiki/Makerere_University" title="Makerere University">Makerere University</a> in Uganda and universities in the UK, Tanzania and Kenya since the late 1960s. He has also held residences at universities in Rwanda and Germany. Bukenya is also a literary critic, novelist, poet and dramatist. An accomplished stage and screen actor, he was for several years Director of the Creative and Performing Arts Centre at <a href="/wiki/Kenyatta_University" title="Kenyatta University">Kenyatta University</a>, Nairobi.<sup id="cite_ref-badilishapoetry_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badilishapoetry-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bukenya, who prefers to be called Mwalimu, was born in 1944 in <a href="/wiki/Masaka" title="Masaka">Masaka</a> town, Southern Uganda, where his father worked as a policeman. His family later moved to Kitukutwe 15 miles from Kampala. His father was a staunch Catholic who would narrate biblical stories which he would alternate with his mother's folk stories. According to Bukenya, these stories inspired his imagination.<sup id="cite_ref-redpepper_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redpepper-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He attended Gayaza primary school and joined Kisubi Seminary where he studied three languages, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>. This would soon inform his literary thinking and future academic career. His growing passion for literature was soon cemented at <a href="/wiki/Namilyango_College" title="Namilyango College">Namilyango College</a>, where he took his O- and A-level exams.<sup id="cite_ref-namilyangocollege_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-namilyangocollege-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, he went to <a href="/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Dar es Salaam University">Dar es Salaam University</a> where he continued to nurture his keen interest in Language and Linguistics in addition to a growing interest in <a href="/wiki/Kiswahili" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiswahili">Kiswahili</a>. He studied the Language Linguistics and Literature and Education (LLLE) for his undergraduate course. Most of Bukenya's writings are in Kiswahili, he attributes this to his grandmother, whose roots can be traced back to <a href="/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam" title="Dar es Salaam">Dar es Salaam</a>. He was also inspired by linguistic teachers including Wilson Whitely, a British author famous for his book <i>Kiswahili: the Rising of a National Language</i>. Bukenya joined Makerere as a postgraduate student in 1968 and later developed the oral literature course.<sup id="cite_ref-redpepper_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redpepper-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also studied at universities in Madagascar and England, and took his higher degrees at Makerere and Kenyatta Universities. He has taught languages, literature and drama at Makerere University in Uganda and universities in the UK, Tanzania and Kenya since the late 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-badilishapoetry_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badilishapoetry-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing">Writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A poet, a novelist and a keen actor, Bukenya was introduced to theatre and inspired to become a writer by his parents who were strong believers of Kiganda traditions. This immersion of theatre in everyday life was also a part of Bukenya’s education who grew up in a Ugandan village where he “witnessed numerous performances of children’s traditional songs and dances, games and rhythms” that inspired and influenced his writing career. Bukenya wrote his first prizewinning play in 1964, based on stories told to him by his mother. He has since written numerous plays and radio dramas, but only managed to publish two of his plays, <i>The Secret</i> and <i>The Bride</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-joankivanda_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joankivanda-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bukenya’s works include <i>The Mermaid of Msambweni</i>, <i>The Bride – a play in four parts</i>, and <i>John Ruganda’s The Floods</i>, among others. He has taught in Kenya at Kenyatta University, and also <a href="/wiki/Bayreuth_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayreuth University">Bayreuth University</a>, Department of African Studies in Germany. His recent publication, <i>A Hole in the Sky</i>, focuses on the need to protect the environment and honours the late Kenyan Environmental activist and Nobel Laureate <a href="/wiki/Wangari_Maathai" class="mw-redirect" title="Wangari Maathai">Wangari Maathai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-redpepper_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redpepper-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bukenya's work has been featured on the pan-African poetry platform <a href="/wiki/Badilisha_Poetry_Radio" title="Badilisha Poetry Radio">Badilisha Poetry Radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-badilishapoetry_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badilishapoetry-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is an honorary member of <a href="/wiki/FEMRITE" class="mw-redirect" title="FEMRITE">FEMRITE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-femriteug_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-femriteug-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_works">Published works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Published works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The People's Bachelor</i>. East African Publishing House. 1972.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+People%27s+Bachelor&rft.pub=East+African+Publishing+House&rft.date=1972&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plays">Plays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Plays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Bride</i>. East African Educational Publishers. 1987. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789966463616" title="Special:BookSources/9789966463616"><bdi>9789966463616</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bride&rft.pub=East+African+Educational+Publishers&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=9789966463616&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>A Hole in the Sky</i>. Oxford University Press (EA). 2013. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195738162" title="Special:BookSources/9780195738162"><bdi>9780195738162</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Hole+in+the+Sky&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press+%28EA%29&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780195738162&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_Criticism">Literary Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Literary Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Notes on East African Poetry Volume 13 of An H.E.B. student's guide</i>. East African Publishing House. 1972.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Notes+on+East+African+Poetry+Volume+13+of+An+H.E.B.+student%27s+guide&rft.pub=East+African+Publishing+House&rft.date=1972&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_books">Educational books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Educational books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Head Start Secondary English: Form 1</i>. Oxford University Press, East Africa Limited. 2003. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195731262" title="Special:BookSources/9780195731262"><bdi>9780195731262</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Head+Start+Secondary+English%3A+Form+1&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press%2C+East+Africa+Limited&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9780195731262&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span>,</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Oral Literature: A Junior Course [forms 1 and 2]</i>. Longhorn Publishers. 1998. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789966494320" title="Special:BookSources/9789966494320"><bdi>9789966494320</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oral+Literature%3A+A+Junior+Course+%5Bforms+1+and+2%5D&rft.pub=Longhorn+Publishers&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=9789966494320&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span>, with Jane Nandwa and muyigai Gachwanga</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAustin_Bukenya,_Wanjikũ_Mũkabi_Kabĩra1994" class="citation book cs1">Austin Bukenya, Wanjikũ Mũkabi Kabĩra, ed. (1994). <i>Understanding Oral Literature</i>. Nairobi University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789966846310" title="Special:BookSources/9789966846310"><bdi>9789966846310</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Understanding+Oral+Literature&rft.pub=Nairobi+University+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=9789966846310&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span>, with Wanjikũ Mũkabi Kabĩra and Duncan Okoth-Okombo</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Skills of English: An Integrated Course of Language and Literature</i>. Oxford University Press. 1989. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195726930" title="Special:BookSources/9780195726930"><bdi>9780195726930</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Skills+of+English%3A+An+Integrated+Course+of+Language+and+Literature&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=9780195726930&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span>, with Arnold Curtis and James Park</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>John Ruganda's The Floods: Volume 1 of H.E.B. advanced study companion</i>. Heinemann Kenya. 1986.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=John+Ruganda%27s+The+Floods%3A+Volume+1+of+H.E.B.+advanced+study+companion&rft.pub=Heinemann+Kenya&rft.date=1986&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>African Oral Literature for Schools</i>. Longman Kenya. 1983. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780582609945" title="Special:BookSources/9780582609945"><bdi>9780582609945</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=African+Oral+Literature+for+Schools&rft.pub=Longman+Kenya&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=9780582609945&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span>, with Jane Nandwa</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anthologies">Anthologies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Anthologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Mermaid of Msambweni and Other Stories: An Anthology from Africa</i>. Oxford. 2011. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195733778" title="Special:BookSources/9780195733778"><bdi>9780195733778</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mermaid+of+Msambweni+and+Other+Stories%3A+An+Anthology+from+Africa&rft.pub=Oxford&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9780195733778&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poems">Poems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Poems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Naturally, in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDick_Dawson1989" class="citation book cs1">Dick Dawson, ed. (1989). <i>Revival: An Anthology of African Poetry</i>. College Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780869259177" title="Special:BookSources/9780869259177"><bdi>9780869259177</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Revival%3A+An+Anthology+of+African+Poetry&rft.pub=College+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=9780869259177&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustin+Bukenya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140520044251/http://badilishapoetry.com/artists-profile/301/">"A Dancer's Challenge"</a> in Badilishapoetry, 2014</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://2bnileavenue.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-met-thief.html">"I met a thief"</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Bukenya&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-newvision-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-newvision_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/654271-prof-challenges-gov-t-on-role-of-humanities.html">Prof. challenges gov’t on role of humanities</a> newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 7 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-edirisa-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-edirisa_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.edirisa.org/studioarchive/?p=1510">"The People’s Bachelor – the greatest Ugandan novel"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140508223606/http://www.edirisa.org/studioarchive/?p=1510">Archived</a> 8 May 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, edirisa.org. Retrieved 8 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-joankivanda-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-joankivanda_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-joankivanda_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://joankivanda.wordpress.com/the-bride/">The Bride… a review Words on Austin Lwanga Bukenya’s The Bride</a>, joankivanda.wordpress.com. Retrieved 7 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-badilishapoetry-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-badilishapoetry_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-badilishapoetry_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-badilishapoetry_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://badilishapoetry.com/artists-profile/301/">Austin Bukenya</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140520044251/http://badilishapoetry.com/artists-profile/301/">Archived</a> 20 May 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, badilishapoetry.com. Retrieved 7 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-redpepper-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-redpepper_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-redpepper_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-redpepper_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.redpepper.co.ug/the-future-of-young-writers-is-online-bukenya/">The Future for Young Writers is Online – Bukenya</a> redpepper.co.ug. Retrieved 7 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-namilyangocollege-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-namilyangocollege_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://namilyangocollege.sc.ug/students/alumini/">Student Alumini</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140526014344/http://namilyangocollege.sc.ug/students/alumini/">Archived</a> 26 May 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> namilyangocollege.sc.ug. Retrieved 7 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-femriteug-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-femriteug_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.femriteug.org/?view=1">FEMRITE Membership</a>, femriteug.org. 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