Occupation Poet, Journalist Name Harriet Anena Nationality Ugandan Role Author | Genre Poetry, Fiction Education Makerere University Notable works A Nation In Labour | |
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Born Harriet Anena
Gulu District, Uganda Alma mater Makerere University
(BA in Mass Communication)
(MA in Human Rights) | ||
Harriet anena recites at love romance n ebigeenderako
Harriet Anena is a Ugandan author, poet, and journalist. She is the author of a collection of poems, "A Nation In Labour". Anena worked with the Daily Monitor newspaper as a reporter, sub-editor, and deputy chief sub-editor from 2009 to September 2014. Her journalistic articles have been published in the Daily Monitor, New Vision, and The Observer. She has also taught specialised writing at Islamic University In Uganda.
Contents
- Harriet anena recites at love romance n ebigeenderako
- Harriet anena speaks at babishai poetry festival 2016
- Early life and education
- Writing
- Poetry collection
- Poems
- Short stories
- References
Harriet anena speaks at babishai poetry festival 2016
Early life and education
Anena was born to Acholi parents and raised in Gulu District in Uganda. She attended Gulu Public Primary School, Sacred Heart Secondary School, and Gulu Central High School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Mass Communication degree at Makerere University in 2010 and completed a Master of Arts in human rights from the same institution in 2015.
Writing
Anena wrote her first poem, "The plight of the Acholi child", in 2003. It won a writing competition organised by the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative and helped secure her a bursary for A-Level education. She attended the Caine Prize workshop 2013, and her story "Watchdog Games" was published in the Caine Prize anthology "A memory this size and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013". In 2013, she was shortlisted for the "Ghana Poetry prize" for her poem "We arise". "A Nation In Labour" is her debut collection of poems.