[Interview] Ulysses Chuka Kibuuka
Ugandan writer, Ulysses Chuka Kibuuka has written and published three books: a thriller, For the Fairest (Fountain Publishers, 1991); a collection of short stories, Pale Souls Abroad (Fountain Publishers, 2004); and a novel, Saints and Scarecrows (Fountain Publishers, 2007). His first novel, For the Fairest , won the 1993 Uganda Publishers and Booksellers Association (UPABA) Award for best fiction and was reviewed by The New Vision and Radio Uganda , among others. In this interview, Ulysses Kibuuka talks about religion, writing and the state of publishing in Uganda: When did you start writing? I started writing when I was a kid in p4 (Uganda) but first got published 1991 even though I had written For the Fairest in 1980. Uganda had a real hell of a time and education and all that goes with it went to the dogs -- hence the deficit in publishers or enthusiasts. The difference is not much today -- not in terms of security but in terms of respect for literature, writing, etc. With t