As East African journalists and editors craft hate pieces against local homosexuals, half a world away, an East African woman has received an award for a brave coming of age story on just this topic. The Caine Prize for African Writing was awarded to Ugandan Arac de Nyeko for a compelling Bildungsroman on the lives of two Ugandan girls as told in a letter from Anyango to the long lost Sanyu, exiled to far-off London by her parents.
Read here from Dorothy Adhiambo as she writes a review on her award tale.
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The Jambula Tree and St. Morality Posted: October 15th, 2007, 8:08pm EDT