Akiki Nyabongo
Ugandan political activist and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akiki Hosea Kanyarusoke Nyabongo (c. 1907 - October 2, 1975) was a Ugandan political activist and author.[1] He was born a prince of the Toro Kingdom in West Uganda and received his university education in the United States and Britain.[1] An Oxford-trained anthropologist, Nyabongo had teaching positions in the United States and continued anthropological research.[2] He later returned to Uganda, contributing to its independence from Britain and lived there until his death.[3]
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Akiki Hosea Kanyarusoke Nyabongo | |
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Born | 1907 Fort Portal (Kabarole), Western Region, Uganda |
Died | October 2, 1975 Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda |
Citizenship | Ugandan |
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Alma mater | Yale |
Occupation(s) | Author, anthropologist, and political activist |
Akiki Nyabongo collaborated with various pan-African activists (including W.E.B. Du Bois and George Padmore) and openly advocated for African decolonization and development in his writings. His most noted novel was Africa Answers Back (1936), one of the first English-language novels by a Ugandan author.[4] This novel noticed a syncretizing political and cultural reality in colonial Africa symbolizing his faith in African unity. Nyabongo represented the West Ugandan (Toro) people's will for political freedom and making their voices heard globally.[5]