Beverley Nambozo

Biography

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva is a Ugandan writer, poet, actress, literary activist, and biographer. She founded the Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation, originally the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award for Ugandan women, in 2008 as a platform for promoting poetry. The award expanded to include all African poets. She also founded the Babishai Niwe Women's Leadership Academy. She participated in the Crossing Borders Scheme British Council Uganda in 2003 in the short stories genre. She was nominated for the 2009 Arts Press Association Awards for establishing the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award, the first poetry award for Ugandan women.

Place of Birth

Ugandan

Country of Nationality

Uganda

Country of Residence

Uganda

Languages Spoken

English

Makerere University

Poems

Nambozo, Beverley. "Since you attended my funeral. I'll also attend yours." _Afrowomen Poetry_, https://afrowomenpoetry.net/en/2019/08/06/since-you-attended-my-funeral-ill-also-attend-yours/. Accessed 30 July 2024.

Nambozo, Beverley. "Sseebo Gwe Wange (Sir, you are mine)." _Afrowomen Poetry_, https://afrowomenpoetry.net/en/2019/08/06/sseebo-gwe-wange-sir-you-are-mine/. Accessed 30 July 2024.

Nambozo, Beverley. "The wife of the born-again Christian husband in Kampala." _Afro Women Poetry_, https://afrowomenpoetry.net/en/2019/08/06/the-wife-of-the-born-again-christian-husband-in-kampala/. Accessed 30 July 2024.

Poetry Collections

Nambozo, Beverley. _Dress me in Disobedience. _Kampala, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation.

Nambozo, Beverley. _Unjumping_. Liverpool, UK: Embracce-Press Publications, 2010.

Speeches, Lectures, Interviews, Performances / Critical Articles, Media

Lamwaka,  Beatrice. "Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva: Interview." _Mosaic_, https://mosaicmagazine.org/beverley-nambozo-nsengiyunva-interview/#.VLALGiuUeXt. Accessed July 30 2024.

Sources

“Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva.” Storymoja Hay Festival, https://storymojahayfestival.com/portfolio/beverly-nambozo/. Accessed 30 July 2024.

“Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 August 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Nambozo. Accessed 29 November 2024.

“Meet Beverley Nambozo the Poet.” Mildred Barya’s House of Life, 16 August 2011, https://mildredbarya.com/meet-beverley-nambozo-the-poet/. Accessed 30 July 2024.