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Dance of the Intellect
(Fountain Publishers, 2010) Alice Jossy Kyobutungi Tumwesigye
Fireplace Folktales from Ankole
(Bishop Stuart University Press, 2010) Alice Jossy Kyobutungi Tumwesigye
The folktale is an oral literary genre that can be described as "an ancient short story." It is set in an antique world where trees, animals, and people all talk and understand one another. The olden world of the folktale is very strange, and it is filled with weird and wonderful happenings. It was a form of informal education that took place in the days before the introduction of formal education. In those days, young children would gather around the fireplace and listen to the elders, who would narrate folktales and fables, taking their audiences through riddling sessions, all aimed at inculcating morals in the minds of the youths. The folktales in this book are primarily meant for enjoyment and for the moral uplifting of young children. Teachers of language and literature can also use them for aural comprehension and as a stepping stone to the introduction of literature at the lower secondary school level, and of course scholars of literature, and oral literature in particular, can utilize these folktales in their analyses of the narrative form of the genre. The book is a manifestation of the author's effort towards cultural preservation. Fireplace folktales from Ankole were collected, transcribed, and translated by the author. The transcriber tried as much as possible to retain the original form; that is why the reader will hear a version of English that is more localized than globalized. This is done in order to enhance the originality of the genre. Remember the fireplace tales you may once have heard and aim to tell them to your own children.
For the Young Adult, Autonomy is a Dream: Tracing the Power Dynamics in Ugandan Literature
(Sryahwa Publications, 2020-11-05) Alice Jossy Kyobutungi Tumwesigye
Age stereotype and its impact on literature is a factor that has not been sufficiently researched especially in Uganda. This article uses the postcolonial theory to reveal that the young adult demographic category is pushed to the periphery in literature as it is in life. It is part of a research done on representations of the young adult in the fiction of selected Ugandan women writers; where the third objective in the bigger study investigates the power dynamic in literature. The article is a projection of a documentary study that uses critical analysis to explore how young adult characters are denied power in literature. It proposes that since literature has had a positive effect on society by reducing marginality in other aspects, it can do the same in the aspect of young adult power. The study confirms that writers (who target the young adult audience) by portraying young adult characters positively are likely to eventually influence such readers by making them aware of their peripheral positions and subsequently contributing towards redressing the problem of age stereotype. The novel Voice of a Dream by Glydah Namukasa (2006) is the core of the analysis.
The Hidden Princess
(Millennium Press Limited, 2016) Alice Jossy Kyobutungi Tumwesigye
Young Adult Vulnerabilities in the Fiction of a Ugandan
(Global Research in Higher Education, 2022-03-08) Alice Jossy Kyobutungi Tumwesigye
Questions of identity, power, autonomy and vulnerability carry a particular weight in cultures that have emerged from colonialism. Although few writers of fiction focus on the conflicts between African and European characters, a focus on power and marginalisation remains. One category in which this focus may be plainly seen is writing for and about young people. The study’s aim was to analyse young adult fiction written by a Ugandan female author, Barbara Kimenye to investigate this writing to find out how young adult vulnerability is depicted in literature. Although literature targeting young people in Uganda has flourished and though issues of limited representation have been scrutinised in literary studies, like gender discrimination, very limited attention has been accorded young adult representation in literature. This research analyses fiction written by a female author Barbara Kimenye to expand knowledge about the criticism of young adult representation in literature with particular focus on young adult vulnerability in an adult dominated world. The methodology was mainly qualitative research design, where a document analysis method was used to aid analysis and make critical appreciation of the fictional works. The study investigated the state of young adult characters in literature with special focus on their vulnerability.

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