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Inioluwa Ogunleye
4 weeks ago
Overview
Ugandan writer and software engineer, Joshua Lubwama has been announced as the 2025 regional winner for Africa in the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize for his story “Mothers Not Appearing in Search”, joining four other regional winners from around the world.
The Commonwealth Foundation described Lubwama’s piece as a tale about a football-obsessed young man who befriends Fatima, a new and unconventional arrival in the neighbourhood. Fatima aids him in pursuing his sporting ambitions, despite disapproval from his mother.
