Media and Events

WRITER IN THE NEWS

• Ten African Poets/Diez poetas africanas actuales: Ber Anena – Vuela Palabra
• The Writers Breathing Fresh Life into Ugandan Literature – The Economist
• A Nation in Labour: Meet Anena – Daily Monitor
• Women in Poetry – Sooo Many Stories
• Anena on Helping Young Ugandan Writers Find their Footing – NTV Uganda
• Africa Bows for Anena’s Poetry – Leo Africa Review
• Ugandan Poet Wins Wole Soyinka Prize – BBC
• For Me, Life is Political – Short Story Day Africa
• 13 Female African Poets Repping Us to the Fullest – Leading Ladies Africa
• Poets Talk 5 Questions – Konya Shamsrumi
• Three Voices, One Book – Sooo Many Stories

 

SELECTED EVENTS

2024

• • October: BOOK DEAL! My memoir, The Lies We Tell for America, acquired in a pre-empt deal by Flatiron Books, and forthcoming in Fall 2026
  • March: Presenting a lecture, “Rereading Okot p’Bitek in Contemporary Africa” at the Institute of African Development, Cornell University
  • September: Performing “This God is Female” and a panel on translations

2022

• • September: Poetry in the Galleries at Sheldon Museum, Lincoln-Nebraska
  • September: No Name Reading Series at Bailey Library, Lincoln-Nebraska
  • June: Interval Reading Series at KGB Bar, New York City
  • April: Rebirth: A Poetry & Music Recital at the Hudson Park Library, New York City
  • March: Anyone’s Muse: Conversation and Poetry Reading by Women Writers from the Global South (online)

2021

• • November: Echoes of Home at the Kampala International Theatre Festival, Kampala (online)
  • October: Echoes of Home: A Poetry and Music Performance in New York City at The Bitter End.
  • April: Class visit, University of North Carolina, discussing required text, A Nation in Labour
  • March: Poetry recital at the World Poetry Day (POESIA 21)

2020

• • December: Reciting poems at the South Feminist Futures Festival
  • October: Class visit, University of North Carolina, discussing required text, A Nation in Labour
  • October: Discussing, Poetry and the Public Voice, during FEMRITE Week of Literary Activities.
  • October: Facilitating the workshop, What Makes a Poem Memorable, during the FEMRITE Week of Literary Activities.
  • April: Class visit, University of North Carolina, discussing required text, A Nation in Labour

 2019

• • September: Presenting, East Africa’s Literary Landscape: The Strides & Gaps during the British Council Scotland Sub-Saharan Africa Sector Briefing, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • September: Facilitating the workshop, Applying Art to the Hurt, by the Photo Museum of Antwerp and the University of Antwerp.
  • August: Performing Footprints of Memory, a poetry production at the National Theatre, Kampala
  • August: Poetry Recital at the Uganda Feminist Forum, Jinja.
  • June: Performing, Footprints of Memory, a Poetry production at the National Theatre, Kampala
  • June: Facilitating Writing War and Peace for South Sudanese Refugees, by FEMRITE and Oxfam.
  • May: Facilitating the workshop, Using Art for Social Change, by FEMRITE and Artvism.
  • May: Presenting My Writing Journey: Overcoming Publishing Barriers by FEMRITE and ArtVism
  • March: Presenting Life After University and How Women Navigate the Workplace, Makerere University School of Women and Gender Studies Women’s Month.

 2017

• • November: Poetry performance at the launch of publication marking five years of Uganda Photo Press Association, Kampala, Uganda

 2016

• • July: Poetry Performance at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Throwback Social event
  • April: Performing I Bow for My Boobs, a solo poetry performance at the Writivism Festival, Uganda Museum, Kampala.