Beverley Nambozo

  • Beverley  Nambozo
Writer, Poet, Teacher
Principal country concerned : Column : History/society, Media

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva is a Ugandan writer, poet, actress, literary activist and biographer.

She is the founder of the Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation, formerly The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award for Ugandan women, which began in 2008 as a platform for promoting poetry. It has since grown to include all African poets and runs as an annual poetry award.

In 2014, the award will extend to the entire continent, targeting both men and women. The same year, the foundation will also publish an anthology of poetry from poets of Africa. She is also the founder of the Babishai Niwe Women's Leadership Academy. Beverley joined the Crossing Borders Scheme British Council Uganda in 2003 under the short stories genre.

She was nominated for the August 2009 Arts Press Association (APA) Awards for revitalising poetry in Uganda after initiating the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award, the first poetry award for Ugandan women.

Beverley has worked at the Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Institute for The Advancement of Women (EASSI), British Council, as a radio show morning host of two years at 104.1 Power FM in Kampala. She also served as an Audience Relations Manager, conducting regular market surveys. Before that she was a teacher and dance instructor at Rainbow International School in Kampala. Since 1999, she has been in an active dance group that usually holds concerts in and around church and the community. Beverley has also been involved in several HIV/AIDS sensitisation campaigns amongst youth in secondary schools and universities.

Bibliography:
Poetry collections
Unjumping. Liverpool, UK: Embracce-Press Publications. 2010. ISBN 9781906588908.
Poems
"Microwave", "I will never be you", in Anthonia C. Kalu, Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi, and Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, ed. (2013). Reflections: An Anthology of New Work by African women poets. Lynne Rienner Publications. ISBN 978-1-58826-868-6.

Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!, in Okaka Dokatum and Rose Rwakasisi, ed. (2009). The Butterfly Dance: words and sounds of colour. Femrite Publications. ISBN 978-9970-700-18-9.

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