African Poetry Library, Uganda

THE POETRY LIBRARY IN UGANDA was launched on September 15th, 2014, to coincide with the opening of the Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation Festival in Kampala. Poet Beverley Nambozo Nsengigunya was influential in making connections with Fred Batale, who established the library at the Ugandan Arts Trust in Kampala. It is currently managed by Teesa Bahana, Director at the Ugandan Arts Trust.

BN Poetry Awards Poets Read. September 15, 2014. Uganda Arts Trust. Kampala.
Xenson Znja, shortlisted poet for the Babishai Niwe Poetry Awards, reads his poems at the launch of the African Poetry Library-Uganda.