Nairobi, April 13 -- Makerere University would not have celebrated its literary legends Prof Arthur Gakwandi and Prof Austin Bukenya without performing some of their literary works on stage.

The half-day event that also involved speeches under the theme "Celebrating literary legends: Bukenya and Gakwandi@80", was held at the Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility-Auditorium at the university's main campus in Kampala.

Makerere University students staged two presentations from Gakwandi's novel "Kosiya Kifefe" and Bukenya's play "A Hole in the Sky" and his poem "Naturally".

"Kosiya Kifefe" is a chequered account of growing up in post- independence Africa as profiled in the life and times of Kosiya Kifefe.

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