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Regina Amollo

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Regina Amollo
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Uganda
OccupationWriter
Notable workA Season of Mirth, When Mother Leaves Home, The Pain of Borrowing

Regina Amollo (born c. 1954) is a Ugandan writer.[1]

Biography

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Trained as a nurse, Amollo started writing her first novel, A Season of Mirth, in 1976.[1][2] She was encouraged to complete the manuscript by one of her professors, Austin Ejiet, but it took until 1999 for the book to be published.[2] The book, which explores male chauvinism and women's oppression in Uganda,[3] is now required reading for Ugandan students.[2]

Amollo retired from nursing in 2009.[1] She has published several other books, including When Mother Leaves Home and The Pain of Borrowing.[1][2] She wrote a two-volume primer for the Kumam language, Pwonyo Isoma Itabu Me Agege, and published an anthology of stories by women writers entitled Those Days in Iganga.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Odeke, Steven (23 January 2013). "Amollo quit nursing to educate her people through writing". New Vision. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Nabiruma, Diana (5 July 2010). "One manuscript's 23-year journey". The Observer. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ Otiso, Kefa M. (2006). Culture and Customs of Uganda. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 38. ISBN 9780313331480.