Background
Glaydah was born in Uganda. Bereaved of her father as a child, she grew up in Entebbe with her mother, three sisters and two brothers.
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Glaydah Namukasa
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She studied in Nkumba Primary School, then Entebbe Secondary School. She graduated as a midwife in June 2000 at Kabale Nursing school.
Career
She is the author of two novels, Voice of a Dream and Deadly Ambition. She is one of the 39 African writers announced as part of the Africa39 project unveiled by Rainbow, Hay Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing at the London Book Fair 2014. lieutenant is a list of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa"s most promising writers under the age of 40.
Currently, she is working with Wakiso District.
She joined the Uganda Female writers Association, FEMRITE in 2002. Later she joined the British Council Crossing Borders creative writing scheme.
She started her writing career by telling stories to fellow students at Nkumba Primary and Entebbe Secondary School. She used to ask herself why she could not write the stories instead.
She would use exercise books to record her stories and later request friends to read through the work.
Achievements
Membership
She is a member of FEMRITE, the Ugandan Women Writer"s Association, and is currently (2014) its Chairperson.
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Ugandan
Awards
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Senior Prize She; Caine Prize
The Caine Prize for African is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language.The Caine Prize for African is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language.