John Ruganda

John Ruganda (30 May 1941 to 8 December 2007) was Uganda's best known playwright. Beyond his work as a playwright, Ruganda was also a professor at University of North, South Africa, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University.[1]

Ruganda's plays "reflect the reality of the East African sociopolitical situation after independence."[2] He was considered a shaping force of East African theater.[3] The Burdens (1972) and The Floods (1980) have become a regular part of curriculum in Literature classes.[4]

Bibliography

Plays

Television

References

  1. African Books Collective. "John Ruganda". Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  2. Imbuga, Francis. "John Ruganda". Gale Database: Dictionary of Literary Biography. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. Ssenkaaba, Stephen (18 December 2007). "Ruganda: The passing of a literary giant". New Vision Online. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. East African Educational Publishers Ltd. "John Ruganda Passes On". Retrieved 3 May 2011.

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