Ivan Matthias Mulumba

Mulumba was born in Masaka District in the Central Region of Uganda to Gerald Jjagwe and Dorothy Namakula Jjagwe. His father worked as a valuation surveyor while his mother ran a bookshop. When his mother's bookshop closed, the books were stocked at home, something that introduced Mulumba to reading early in his life and sparked a desire for storytelling. He studied at Bishop Ddungu Boarding Primary School, Blessed Sacrament Kimaanya Primary School, St. Henry's College Kitovu, and then Makerere University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Land Economics. == Writing ==

Mulumba's first collection of poems, Poetry in Motion, was called "an enterprising first" by the Africa Book Club. The Daily Monitor called it "an anthology that chronicles the first steps of a poet, and captures the beliefs, experiences and some ideologies in society". His story "Chasing my tail" was runner-up for the October 2013 Africa Book Club short reads competition. == Works ==

Novels • Short story collection • Blank walls: Obwenyi bw'emirimago. Uganda: Mattville Publishing House. 2020. Poetry collections • • • Poems • "Children of the Wind", "Listen", "Froth", in • "Doorway", in • "Urchin" and "Naked thief", in • "Mary has a ball", in • "My Palestine", and "When nobody is watching" in Badilisha Poetry - Pan African Poets (2016) • "Until I See No More", "Light" and "Such A Thief " in Kalahari Review (2015) • "Forever Gone" in Sooo Many Stories (2015) • "Shamim", "A Memory", "Breathe", "The love of my life" and "Rumblings of a tree" in Munyori literary journal (2014) • "Chicken Fight, and Enough" in The Kalahari Review (2014) • "Trumpeter, and Void" in The Kalahari Review (2013) Short fiction • "Into the Bush" and "Chasing my tail", in • in Lawino (2015) • "Blank walls" in The Kalahari Review (2014) • "Into the darkness" in ''Reader's Cafe Africa'' (2013) ==Awards and recognition==

• Nominated for the 2018 Young Achievers Awards. == References ==