Category: Babishai Poetry Festival

The Babishai Poetry Festival is our annual- poetry -enchanting- earth -moving event . We launched  our festivals in 2015 and have held five highly successful poetry events, with over two hundred poets travelling from around Uganda, Africa and beyond. Our activities include poetry performances around scenic spaces like Mt. Rwenzori, Lake Bunyonyi, Sipi Falls, Mt. Elgon and Mabira Forest, publishing of anthologies and awarding our annual poetry contest winners.

Poetry Manuscripts, Anyone? We’re here to edit and publish

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2023 has opened up with us crafting and shaping poetry. It’s a buffet of words, writers penning down thoughts from the vastness of the universe. Their feelings and their creative ideas have a natural affinity which makes them write. Words shaped into verses, sojourners into the world of poetry.

We are editors. We are publishers. We are seekers of knowledge. We work with African writers from all over the world, creative thinkers and visionaries, to shape their words into poetry manuscripts, poetry collections, poetry anthologies. We’ll craft it together. We’ll build this poetry world, together.

If you have a manuscript, a few pages of poetry, words which you believe have the potential towards poetry, or if you just want to chat about poetry, do reach out.

 

Our email addresses are

bnpoetryaward@gmail.com

and babishainiwe@babishainiwe.com

You may also follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BabishaiNiwePoetryFoundation

A list of our publications are here:  https://www.babishai.com/publications/

 

GORILLAS OF BWINDI AVENUE

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We took a leap, and in February, launched a children’s book titled, ‘Gorillas of Bwindi Avenue.’ Dr, Harriet Babikako and Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva began the research in 2021, identifying the thrills of gorilla trekking, the logistical preparation before taking the trek and also the various locations around Uganda.



All mountain gorillas in the world are found in DRC, Rwanda and Uganda, with Uganda hosting over 50% of these intriguing animals. Amidst the research, the authors discovered that humans share 98% DNA as gorillas and that they are mostly habituated in families. Thee family adventure book, ‘Gorillas of Bwindi Avenue,’ is a journey to Buhoma, the Northern sector of Bwindi. This children’s book, published by Babishai, shall travel across the world highlighting the indescribable experience of gorilla trekking.

Copies available at 30,000UGX or 9 USD

Email bnpoetryaward@gmail.com