LaKeisha L. Caples
LaKeisha L. Caples is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she is working towards a PhD in African languages and literature. She is an advanced Kiswahili speaker who is currently researching East African popular culture and pedagogy. Caples received her BA and MA in English from Chicago State University. She is also a songwriter, poet, and screenwriter.
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I try to highlight social issues affecting women - Violet Barungi
- By LaKeisha L. Caples
- Published May 10, 2010
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Writing in one’s indigenous language is a question that keeps popping up in many literary forums. Unfortunately, Ugandan society is a multi-ethnic, a multilingual one, with English as the only unifying language. So, no matter how much one might wish to write in one’s language, it is not very practical... - Violet Barungi