Taban Lo Liyong
Taban Lo Liyong is a Ugandan poet, critic, novelist, and short-story writer, was born of Ugandan parents in southern Sudan. He received his early education at Gulu High School and the Sir Samuel Baker School, and subsequently studied at a teachers' college in Uganda, at Howard University, USA (BA), and at the University of Iowa, USA, where he was the first African to receive the MFA degree in creative writing and where he cultivated his unconventional writing style. He has taught at several universities, including the University of Papua New Guinea, the University of Nairobi in Kenya, where he co-founded the department of literature with Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and Juba University in Khartoum, Sudan. A former cultural affairs director in southern Sudan, he teaches at the University of Venda in South Africa.
Books authored by Taban Lo Liyong
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The Defence of Lawino
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ISBN 9789970022694 | 132 pages | 229 x 152 mm | 2001 | Fountain Publishers, Uganda | Paperback
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Showhat and Sowhat
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ISBN 9789966494542 | 92 pages | 229 x 152 mm | 2007 | Longhorn Publishers, Kenya | Paperback
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