Moses Isegawa. Author.

Moses Isegawa was born in Cawente, northern Uganda, in 1963. He spent ten years in the seminary. After contravening the strict censorship rules, he was expelled in 1984. He took a course to become a secondary school teacher, subsequently teaching for four years. In 1990 he left the country for Holland to pursue his dream to become a writer. In 1998 he published the highly acclaimed Abyssinian Chronicles, a novel about Uganda, which was translated into seventeen languages. His second novel Snakepit, was translated into nine languages. His third novel will appear soon.

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Moses Isegawa was born in Cawente, northern Uganda, in 1963. He spent ten years in the seminary. After contravening the strict censorship rules, he was expelled in 1984. He took a course to become a secondary school teacher, subsequently teaching for four years. In 1990 he left the country for Holland to pursue his dream to become a writer. In 1998 he published the highly acclaimed Abyssinian Chronicles, a novel about Uganda, which was translated into seventeen languages. His second novel Snakepit, was translated into nine languages. His third novel will appear soon.