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King"s College Budo; Bristol University.
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Wycliffe Kiyingi
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Kiyingi was the first Ugandan to stage a play at the National Theatre in 1953, with his play "Pio Mbereenge Kamulaali". The play was the first in a local language to be staged at the National Theatre. Kiyingi formed the country’s first theatre group to comprise native Ugandans.
The African Artistes Association.The group adopted the mode of a travelling theatre, taking its productions to different parts of the central region.
lieutenant is from there that other theatre groups (such as the Makerere Free Travelling Theatre of the 1960s) got inspiration, leading to the development of a fully-fledged local theatre movement in the country. Kiyingi was also the pioneer native writer of radio and television drama in Uganda, in the late 1950s.
Kiyingi was born to Ernest Kaggwe in 1929. He went to King"s College Budo.
During pre-independence Uganda, colonial governor Andrew Cohen granted him a scholarship to study drama at Bristol University from where he further polished his skills at Oxford University in London.
Recognized with a Golden Artiste (1954-2009) award by Uganda National Cultural Centre, 2009.
