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Grace Akello


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Grace Akello (born 1950, Uganda) is a Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist and politician.

An Iteso born near Soroti, Akello studied Social Administration and Social Work at Makarere University. She worked as a magazine editor in Kenya and Tanzania before travelling to England in 1981 to be Assistant Editor at the Commonwealth Secretariat. A mother of four sons, she and her second husband live in UK and Uganda. In 1996 she became a member of the Parliament of Uganda, and in 1999 was appointed Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development. She was the Minister of State for Northern Uganda Rehabilitation until losing her seat in 2006. She is currently the Uganda Ambassador to Italy.

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Iteso Thought Patterns in T...

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Self twice-removed: Ugandan...

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My Barren Song

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