Butterfly Dreams and other stories

In 'Butterfly Dreams' a former child soldier struggles to settle at home with her family. Lamunu is tongue tied after five years of abduction by rebels, Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda. The story is narrated by community member, who gives insight into the pain and trauma of abduction. In 'Queen of Tobacco' a woman lands in trouble because of her smoking habits. This collection, Lamwaka's powerful storytelling comes to light as she uses her community in working through her own experiences. 'Beatrice Lamwaka's prize-worthy, Trophy' Cape Times 'Lamwaka's writing is also rooted in the particularities of Acholi experience and in her own concerns about silence and witnessing'. Candice Taylor Stratford 'Lamwaka succeeds in giving a fresh view of su ering of the Acholi people of northern Uganda during the rebellion using the realities of one family'. The New Times Rwanda Beatrice Lamwaka is a Ugandan multi-awardwinning short story writer. She is the President, PEN Uganda and board member PEN International. She has facilitated creative writing workshops in prisons in Uganda, and edited the prison's anthology, As I Stood Dead Before the World. She co-curated An Athology of East African Literature. Her collection of short stories, Butterfl y Dreams and other stories was translated into Tamil Language. She won 2021 Janzi award for outstanding fi ction writer and was awarded by Uganda Registration Service Bureau for her literary contributions in 2018. She is the recepient of the 2011 Young Achievers Award, was shortlisted for thre 2015 Morland Writing Scholarship and the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing and was a finalist for the 2009 South African PEN/Studzinski Literary Award.

Pages: 148, Paperback, Lakalatwe Books