Angella Emurwon

Ugandan playwright
Angella Emurwon
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityUgandan
GenrePlays
Notable worksSunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence; The Cow Needs A Wife

Angella Emurwon is a Ugandan playwright.[1] She won the 2012 International Playwriting Competition first prize in the English as a Second Language category for her play Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence,[2][3][4] in the 23rd International Playwriting Competition held by the BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers.[5][6] Her play The Cow Needs A Wife[7] came third in the 2010 BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition.[8]

Bibliography

Plays

  • Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence, 2012[2]
  • The Cow Needs A Wife, 2010[9]

Short stories

  • "Love puzzle"

References

  1. ^ "Angella Emurwon". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Playwriting Competition 2012 - winners announced[permanent dead link] bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ^ wins BBC global prize observer.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. ^ drama earns Ugandan playwright global literary prize Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, theeastafrican.co.ke. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  5. ^ wins playwriting competition Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ^ Radio Playwriting Competition Winner – Angella Emurwon commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. ^ would a cow need a wife? Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  8. ^ Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "Ugandans Dominate BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition 2010", artmatters.info, 12 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ^ "BBC World Service - Programmes - African Performance 2010: The Cow Needs A Wife by Angella Emurwon". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

External links

  • "Ugandan playwright wins BBC World Service writing competition"
  • "Angella Emurwon: Playwright with a rising international profile"
  • "Ugandans sweep BBC awards" Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Writing Plays; What Is It?"
  • "Books They Read: Angella Emurwon"
  • "Angella Emurwon speaks on her global playwriting award" Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Censorship and the Arts in Uganda"
  • Angella Emurwon on Facebook
  • YouTube video on Angella Emurwon Part 1 - The challenges of having a social focus
  • https://hi-in.facebook.com/GoetheZentrumKampala/videos/sunday-uganda-angella-emurwon-only-four-days-to-ngalabi-short-film-festival-2019/279933316020517/