Monica arac de nyeko

Monica Arac de Nyeko is from Uganda and was born in Kampala in 1979. She studied in Makerere (Uganda) and Groningen (Netherlands) Universities for a degree in education and MA in humanitarian assistance respectively. A member of the Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE), Arac de Nyeko has worked in Uganda as a literature and English language teacher in St Mary's College Kisubi (SMACK) and in Rome, Khartoum and currently Nairobi in development. She has been a fellow on British Council's Crossing Borders programme. She was short listed for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2004 for Strange Fruit and went on to win the award in 2007 with Jambula Tree. Her short stories are forthcoming in two anthologies, Jazz, Miracles and Dreams edited by Helon Habila and Kadija George and, City Link and other stories a collection of short stories from East Africa. She is currently working on a novel.