Lubwa p'Chong (20 August 1946 â€" February 1997) was a Ugandan
playwright and poet. He founded and edited Nanga, the magazine of the
National Teachers College, Kampala, and edited Dhana, the Makerere
University literary magazine. His poetry has appeared in East African
magazines and anthologies.Cliff Lubwa P’chong was born in Gulu,
Uganda. He was educated at Sam Baker School, Gulu, the National
Teachers' College Kyambogo and at Makerere, Durham and Exeter
universities. He was a creative writing fellow at the University of
Iowa (1987), and lectured in drama-in-education at the Institute of
Teacher Education, Kyambogo. He had his early education there and in
Kyambogo. He taught for several years, and then studied literature and
linguistics at Makerere University.His plays Generosity Kills and The
Last Safari (1975) were followed by Words of My Groaning (1976), a
portrait of life in independent Africa. His other plays are The
Minister’s Wife (1982), The Bishop’s Daughters (1988), Do Not
Uproot the Ppumpkin (1987), Kinsmen and Kinswomen (1988) and The
Madman (1989). Lubwa has also published the article "Okot p’Bitek:
The cultural matrix of the acholi", in Uganda: The Cultural Landscape,
edited by Eckhard Breitinger (1999).
playwright and poet. He founded and edited Nanga, the magazine of the
National Teachers College, Kampala, and edited Dhana, the Makerere
University literary magazine. His poetry has appeared in East African
magazines and anthologies.Cliff Lubwa P’chong was born in Gulu,
Uganda. He was educated at Sam Baker School, Gulu, the National
Teachers' College Kyambogo and at Makerere, Durham and Exeter
universities. He was a creative writing fellow at the University of
Iowa (1987), and lectured in drama-in-education at the Institute of
Teacher Education, Kyambogo. He had his early education there and in
Kyambogo. He taught for several years, and then studied literature and
linguistics at Makerere University.His plays Generosity Kills and The
Last Safari (1975) were followed by Words of My Groaning (1976), a
portrait of life in independent Africa. His other plays are The
Minister’s Wife (1982), The Bishop’s Daughters (1988), Do Not
Uproot the Ppumpkin (1987), Kinsmen and Kinswomen (1988) and The
Madman (1989). Lubwa has also published the article "Okot p’Bitek:
The cultural matrix of the acholi", in Uganda: The Cultural Landscape,
edited by Eckhard Breitinger (1999).
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