Austin Bukenya

Austin Bukenya

Omuntu

Ekikula	musajja
Ensi y’o­bu­tuu­ze	Uganda
Erinnya eri­wee­redd­wa	Austin
Yazaa­lib­wa nga	10 Gwakubiri (Mukutulansanja) 1944
Gy'a­zaal­wa	Masaka
Ennimi z'amanyi	Lungereza
Writing language	Lungereza
Omulimu	poet, university teacher, writer
Gyeya­so­me­ra	Ssettendekero wa Makerere, University of Dar es Salaam

'Austin Bukenya yazaalibwa nga 10 Ogw'okubiri mu 1944) nga munayuganda omutontomi, muwandiisi wa mizannyo, obutabo wamu n'okudukanya eby'enjigiriza.Yeeyawandiika akatabo akayitibwa 'The People's Bachelor', n'omuzannyo oguyitibwa, 'The Bride.Asomeseza enimu, enono y'olulimu n'emizannyo kutendero lya Makerere University mu Uganda ne yunivasite mu Bungereza, Tanzania ne Kenya okuva mu myaka gya 1960 bwegyali gigwaako. Yali abeera ku yunivasite mu Rwanda ne Germany. Bukenya awa n'endowooza ye ku butabo, ebitontome n'emizannyo. Muzannyi wa kusiteegi ne kuntimbe atukiridde, yaliko okumala emyaka ng'atendeka mu kifo kya Creative and Performing Arts Centre ku Kenyatta University mu Nairobi.

Obuto bwe no'buyigirize

Bukenya, ayagala ennyo okuyitibbwa Mwalimu, yazaalibwa mu 1944 e Masaka mu kibugga, mu bukiika ddyo bwa Uganda, nga taata we yali musirikale. Famire ye oluvannyuma yagenda e Kitukutwe, mayiro 15 okuva mu Kampala. Taata ye yali mukatuliki omukuukutivu eyali asobola okunyumya engero z'omu bayibuli n'azifuula n'egero z'amaama we ez'obuwangwa. Okusinziira ku Bukenya, engero zino z'asikiriza nnyo endowooza zze.

Yasomera kusomero lya Gayaza pulayimale, oluvannyuma n'agenda Kisubi Seminary gyeyayigira enimi satu okwali olufalansa oluzungu n'olulatini. Kino oluvannyuma kyawa endowoza ye ey'okuwandiika n'ebiseera bye eby'omumaaso mu by'enjigiriza. Okwagala kwe eri eby'onono z'olulimi by'agenda bikula nga byanywezebwa ku Namilyango College, gyeyamalira ebigezo bya siniya eyokuna ne Siniya eyomukaaga..Mu 1965, yagenda ku Dar es Salaam University gyeyayoongera okuyiga ku by'enimi ng'esira asinze kuliteeka mululimi oluswayiri. Yasoma eby'enimu n'okuwandiika n'oluzungu mu diguli esooka. Ebyawandiikibwa bya Bukenya ebisinga biri mu luswayiri nga bino byonna asiima jjajja we omukyala, ng'emirandira gye gisibuka mu Dar es Salaam. Yasikirizibwa abasoma abaakuguka mu by'enimu nga Wilson Whitely, Omungereza omuwandiisi eyamannyikwa ennyo olw'akatabo ke ak'olulimi oluswayiri: the Rising of a National Language. Bukenya yeegata ku yunivasite y'e Makerere ku diguli ng'omuyizi mu 1968, oluvannyuma n'akuguka mu koosi ya litulikya omwogere.Yasomerako ku yunivasite mu Madagascar n'e Bungereza, neyeeyongerayo ne diguli zze ku yunivasite y'e Makerere ne Kenyatta. Ayigiriza ennimi, ebiyiiye ne katemba e Makerere University mu Uganda ne yunivasite mu Bungereza, Tanzania ne Kenya okuva mu myaka gya 1960 nga gigwaako.

Okuwandiika

Omutomi, omuwandiisi w'obutabo n'omuzannyi wa ffirimu omukuukutivu, Bukenya yatwalibwa mu katemba w'okusiteegi nga yasikirizibwa bazaddebe okubeera omuwandiisi, abaalina okukiriza okw'amaanyi mu by'obuwangwa bya Buganda. Okunyikirwa kw'okuzannya katemba mu bulamu bwe obwabulijjo kyali kitundu ku by'enjigiriza bya Bukenya eyakulira mu byalo by'e Uganda gyeyali omujulizi wa katemba ow'enjawulo ng'abaana bakuba ennyimba z'obuwangwa n'amazina, emizannyo,gye'njatula y'ebigaambo ekyasikiriza no'kuwandikakwe.Bukenya yawandiika katemba we eyasooka okumuwanguza ekirabo mu 1964, nga basinziira kungero ezaamubulirwa maama. Okuva olwo awandiise emizannyo ne katemba w'oku leediyo, naye nga yasobola okufulumya emizannyo ebbiri gyokka okwali, The Secret ne The Bride.

Emirimu gya Bukenya kwaliko: The Mermaid of Msambweni, The Bride – katemba eyalina ebitundu bbinna, n'ogwa John Ruganda oguyitibwa; The Floods, n'endala. Yasomesa mu Kenya ku Kenyatta University, wamu ne Bayreuth University, mu Department of African Studies mu Germany. Yasembayo okufulumya A Hole in the Sky, ekiteeka esira mu kukuuma ebitwetoloode, nga ekitiibwa mu eyali omulwanirizi w'ebitwetoloodde okuva e Kenya eyaweebwa n'engule Wangari Maathai.Emirimu gya Bukenya gitekeddwa ku kanaala k'abatontomi aka pan-African poetry platformku mukutu gwa Badilisha Poetry Radio.Ali mu kibiina ky'abawandiisi ekyaFEMRITE.

Byeyafulumya

Obutabo

• The poeples's Bachelor.East Africanpublishing House.1972

Katemba

• The Bride. East African Educational Publishers. 1987. ISBN 9789966463616.
•  A Hole in the Sky. Oxford University Press (EA). 2013. ISBN 9780195738162.

By'ayogedde ku byawandikibwa

•  Notes on East African Poetry Volume 13 of An H.E.B. student's guide. East African Publishing House. 1972.

Ebitabo ebiyigiriza

• Naturally, in  (1989). Revival: An Anthology of African Poetry. College Press. ISBN 9780869259177.
• "A Dancer's Challenge" in Badilishapoetry, 2014
• "I met a thief"Ebitontome n'ebirala by'awandiise

Head Start Secondary English: Form 1. Oxford University Press, East Africa Limited. 2003. ISBN 9780195731262.

Oral Literature: A Junior Course [forms 1 and 2]. Longhorn Publishers. 1998. ISBN 9789966494320.Ebitontome

• Naturally, in  (1989). Revival: An Anthology of African Poetry. College Press. ISBN 9780869259177.
• "A Dancer's Challenge" in Badilishapoetry, 2014
• "I met a thief"

Jane Nandwa and muyigai Gachwanga

Austin Bukenya, Wanjikũ Mũkabi Kabĩra, ed. (1994). Understanding Oral Literature. Nairobi University Press. ISBN 9789966846310.

• Wanjikũ Mũkabi Kabĩra and Duncan Okoth-Okombo
• The Skills of English: An Integrated Course of Language and Literature. Oxford University Press. 1989. ISBN 9780195726930.

with Arnold Curtis and James Park

John Ruganda's The Floods: Volume 1 of H.E.B. advanced study companion. Heinemann Kenya. 1986.

African Oral Literature for Schools. Longman Kenya. 1983. ISBN 9780582609945.

Ebitontome

Dick Dawson, ed. (1989). Revival: An Anthology of African Poetry. College Press. ISBN 9780869259177.

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