Patrick Mangeni

Patrick Mangeni Wa’Ndeda a Ugandan writer, poet and playwright. He is the author of two plays,"Operation Mulungusi",^[1] and "The prince", and a children's novel, "The Great Temptation".

He was a guest poet at the 2003 Queensland Poetry Festival and one of the featured writers at the 2005 Brisbane Writers Festival. His plays, Operation Mulungusi & The Prince won the National Book Trust of Uganda Award (NABOTU) 2000 and he was nominated for the Uganda Literature Prize 2001.^[2]

Early life and education

Mangeni’s initial training in theatre was at Makerere University’s Music, Dance and Drama Department and later at University of Leeds where he earned a Master of Arts in theatre Studies, before earning a PhD in Applied Theatre from Griffith University, Australia. Dr. Mangeni is professional teacher with BA Ed degree from Makerere University, Certificate in University Teaching and a Certificate in Higher Degree Supervision, both from Griffith University. He also holds a Certificate in Distance Learning Writing Development (Crossing Borders program), Lancaster University and British Council, Uganda.^[3]

Writing

Mangeni has written more than 5 community theatre plays. He has hosted a series of programs as well as written plays for both radio and television. He has directed more than seven theatrical productions in Uganda, Kenya, and Norway. He has received a number of fellowships and awards including: School of Art Scholarship for A PhD, School of Art, Griffith University, Australia; Creative Writing Fellowship, Poet in residence, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany; Certificate of recognition for Contribution to the Development of Literature and Writing in Uganda by FEMRITE, Kampala; Nominatation for the Uganda Literature Prize 2002 for plays: Operation Mulungusi and the Prince; Uganda National Book Trust Literary Award: Operation Mulungusi and the Prince; and Commonwealth Scholarship for MA (Theatre Studies) University of Leeds, UK.^[4]

Published works

Children's novel

• The Great Temptation. Fountain Publishers. 2003. 

Plays

• Operation Mulungusi. MK Publishers. 2000. 
• The prince. MK Publishers. 2000. 

Shortstory collection

• A Leopard in my Bed and other stories. Mallory International. 2006. ISBN 978-1856571050. 

Poems

• "A Breakfast", "Limbo" and "Woman" in Uganda Poetry Anthology 2000. Fountain Publishers. 2000. ISBN 978-9970022038. 

Papers

• Negotiating Learning Contexts: Some Experiences of Culture, Power and Gender in working with Multi-cultural Communities through Theatre for Development. In L. McCammon and A McLauchlan (eds.) (2006)Universal Mosaic of Drama and Theatre:The IDEA 2004 Dialogues. IDEA:Toronto
• Theatre as a social Intervention. In RIDE 10:3 pp. 381–383, 2005.
• Two TFD Radio plays Obwenzi and Entalo; Leeds African Studies Bulletin, No 67, 2005.
• Building for the future: Challenges and opportunities of children’s theatre in Uganda. In E. Wamala, S. et al. (Eds.). Africa in world affairs: Challenges to humanities (pp. 181–190). Kampala: Makerere University, Faculty of Arts
• Theatre for Development as a Strategy for Improved Sanitation and Accountability: The Mulago II Project. In K. Mukwaya et al. (Eds.) (2004) Africa: Communications challenges in the 21st Century Kampala: Makerere University.
• A theatrical Approach to the writing of a National Constitution: The case of Uganda, Drama Australia Journal 24:1 2000
• One Earth One Family: Drama & Environment Education. In J. O’Toole & M. Lepp (eds.) (2000). Drama for life: Stories of adult learning and empowerment. Brisbane: Playlab Press,
• Change in two hours: A theatre for development workshop with high school students in Kampala: RIDE, 3:1, 93-96
• The Challenge of Theatre, Culture and Community Development. In Ed. O. Mumma et al. (Eds.) (1998). Orientations of drama, Theatre and Culture (pp. 12–19). Nairobi: KDEA Nairobi.
• A Theatrical Alternative for Child Survival: The Experience of School Health Drama in Uganda. In J. O’Toole and K. Donnelan (eds) (1996) education, Culture and empowerment. Idea Dialogues. IDEA: Brisbane.

References

External links

Obwenzi and Entalo - two radio plays for development by Patrick Mangeni, Leeds African Studies Bulletin 67 (2005).