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| Welcome To Femrite |
FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers' Association was founded by Hon. Mary Karoro Okurut in 1995 and it was officially launched on 3rd May 1996. FEMRITE is an indigenous Non-Governmental Organisation that promotes women writing in Uganda. Since inception, FEMRITE has nurtured award winning authors and poets.
While Africa boasts of a rich literary tradition, there has been a general absence of women writers and this has resulted into an omission of women's experiences from the literary and cultural heritage that shape society. In Uganda for example, before FEMRITE came into being, the literary landscape was dominated by male writers.
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| Mary Karooro Okurut - Founder of FEMRITE |
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FEMRITE's main strategy in bringing together women writers from across the continent is to create a sense of belonging for African Women writers' groups - a sense of belonging that will inspire women to write and to support one another.
Our Vision
A community of empowered women writers
Our Mission
Building a platform for women to contribute to national development through creative writing
Strategic Goal
To create an enabling atmosphere for women to write, tell and publish their stories
Our Values
- Sisterhood
- Commitment to writing
- Love of books
- Voluntarism
- Integrity
- Professionalism |
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 March 14, 2012 |
| The Editor Within; Editorial practice for writing practitioners |
| Professor Graham Mort in partnership with FEMRITE will offer a three day editorial workshop at FEMRITE offices from Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th April 2012. Sessions will run from 9.30am to 4.00pm each day. There will be a registration fee of Uganda shillings 20,000 once your application has been ... read more |
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| February 03, 2012 |
| Author of the Month January 2012 - Dr. Patrick Mangeni |
| Dr. Patrick Mangeni is the Head of Department of Performing Arts and Film, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University. He holds a PhD in Applied Theatre from Griffith University in Australia. As a poet, dramatist and writer, he draws inspiration from the position he finds himself ... read more |
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