Sophie Alal is a Ugandan writer, lawyer, poet, journalist and cultural critic.[1] She publishes at Deyu African, a cultural heritage initiative.[2] She won the 2010 Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award with Making Modern Love.[3] Her short stories have been published in the Kalahari Review, Lawino Magazine, AfricanColours and START journal.[4] She has worked as a freelance correspondent for The EastAfrican, African Colours magazine and the Global Press Institute.[5] She holds a law degree from Makerere University.[6]
Sophie Alal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sophie Alal Uganda |
| Occupation | Lawyer, writer |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Genre | Fiction, poetry |
| Website | |
| deyuafrican | |
Published works edit
Short stories edit
- "Here are the children" inJames Woodhouse, ed. (2017). Moonscapes: short stories and poetry. Africa Writers Trust. ISBN 978-9970-28-001-8.
- "Making Modern Love" inBeverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A Thousand Voices Rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3.
- "Partaking "
- "Debris"
Poetry edit
References edit
- ^ "Sophie Alal" observer.ug. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ^ "Alternative media giving space to diverse voices" acme-ug.org. Retrieved August 10, 2018.]
- ^ "BOOKS THEY READ: Sophie Brenda Alal" monitor.co.ug. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ^ "Sophie Alal" mediadiversified.org. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^ "Sophie Alal" maishafilmlab.org. Retrieved August 10, 2018.]
- ^ "Q& A: “It’s just not enough to be a lawyer” – Sophie Alal on law and literature " africainwords.com. Retrieved August 31, 2016