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Sophie Alal

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Sophie Alal
BornSophie Alal
Uganda
OccupationLawyer, writer
NationalityUgandan
GenreFiction, poetry
Website
deyuafrican.com

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]

Published works

Short stories

  • "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

References