Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: He used very little space

and very few characters in his plays to jolt the reader. This feature was in his poetry too and it has great immediacy, not so much in images as in juxtaposition of ideas.

John Ruganda was the best playwright in English from East Africa. He crafted plays that dealt with the big question of human alienation. He questioned man's relationships with his environment.

from allAfrica.com: Uganda: Death of an East African Playwright

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