Twasiima Bigirwa is an African writer and artist born and bred in present day Uganda. She spends most of her time in liminal spaces dreaming to weave goodness and vitality into the world. Her intention is to use her art to undo from the colonial imagination and with that, conjure into existence new worlds. Twasiima writes in english and runyankore.
latest book
The Weavings of Life;
a collection of stories
Two girls form a friendship and in that cave of tenderness find the freedom to
confront the lingering ghosts of surviving a war that has shrouded everything they
know about themselves and the world they live in. A young woman arrives at the
job of her dreams, in a city far from home and there the haunting memories of her
childhood demand to be felt. Soon to be married, a modern woman negotiates
with herself through evolving reminders of socio-cultural expectations and
limitations that conflict with her own sense of identity.
Lacing eleven stories from the colourfully chaotic streets of Kampala; the historic
happenings that characterise Gulu; the forgotten legends of Ankole land; and the
carryings of home that travel with us all over the world;
The Weavings of Life lends a reflective tableau into the lives of Ugandan women
existing in contemporary times as they shuttle between feelings and experiences of
loss and yearning, triumph and grief and face the contradictions of home,
belonging, culture and faith.