Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busingye Mary Karooro Okurut, who died aged 70, has been honored for leaving behind a literary works as part of Uganda’s literature. She has been described a great writer who inspired many female writers in Uganda. Mary Karooro Okurut founded FEMRITE – the non-governmental …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 2020 Africa Food Prize winner Dr Catherine Nakalembe has decided to donate her prize money for setting up a library to help decision-makers access data to predict and direct resources where they are most needed in the field of agriculture. The Assistant Research Professor …
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Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Funmi Ilori once had a dream about creating the biggest library in Africa. Now she drives vans packed with books to poor areas of Lagos to help children discover a love of reading. “Readers are what?” she asks about 15 youngsters, sitting on little plastic …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
