Jane Musoke-Nteyafas
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas (born c.1976) is a Ugandan poet, writer, visual artist, musician, playwright, and cultural critic who lives in Toronto, Canada.
Early Life and Education[edit]
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas was born in Moscow.[1] She is the oldest of four children[2] of Ugandan diplomat parents, Theoklitus (Truman) and Beatrice Musoke-Nteyafas.[3] She had early education in France and later in Denmark, before moving to Uganda, where she went to Gayaza High School and Namasagali College.[4] She then studied law in Cuba before moving to Canada.[2]
Musoke-Nteyafas speaks English, French, Spanish, Danish and Luganda.[5] In a Now Magazine profile about her participation in the Miss AfriCanada pageant at age 24, Vernon Clement Jones asked "why such a smart woman — master of four languages and microcomputer applications student — would heed the cattle-call and enter a beauty pageant," and Musoke-Nteyafas replied, "Miss AfriCanada will travel to Africa as a spokesperson for AIDS prevention" ... "And I have been separated from my family for five years. I want to see them and Uganda again."[6]
Career[edit]
Musoke-Nteyafas has contributed to a variety of literary journals, and has written for magazines and online publications, including UGPulse,[7] an East African online magazine.[2] Musoke-Nteyafas has written for AfroToronto.com, an online Toronto-based African-Canadian magazine.[8] In her role as a cultural critic, she spoke with Laina Dawes, writing for The Toronto Star in 2008 about the potential impact of the election of Barack Obama on racism in Canada.[9]
Musoke-Nteyafas has been published in T-Dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto's Black Storytellers.[10][11] Musoke-Nteyafas's writing has also been published by an African-American publisher in the United States, the Black Academy Press, including her short story, "Forbidden Fruit"[12] and other writing.[13][14] Musoke-Nteyafas's poetry has been published in an anthology, Reverbations Abroad, which was edited and self-published by Dr. Chimdi Maduagwu, a senior lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Lagos.[15][16]
In 2008, Musoke-Nteyafas published Butterflies of the Nile: A Collection of Short Stories.[17] In a review for Africa Book Club, Joshua Masinde writes that Musoke-Nteyafas "writes to heal the distorted stereotypes and misconceptions attached to the African woman’s beauty. The anthology is powerfully written, passionately moving, truly sensitive and truly refreshing."[18]
Musoke-Nteyafas also performed drums, percussion, vocals, and harmonies as a member of The Social Mystics, on their 2016 album Coming Out of Darkness, which was described in a review for The Journal of Roots Music No Depression by John Apice as "enthusiastic, energetic and decorated with clever lyrics and singing."[19][20]
Musoke-Nteyafas is also a visual artist, with specialties described by The Centre for the Study of Black Cultures in Canada at York University as pencil and charcoal drawings, and East African batik; the description of Musoke-Nteyafas includes, "as an emerging artist she introduces a global style with ingredients of spectacular detail, capturing the imagination of the masses."[5][21] In 2008, Musoke-Nteyafas contributed art to a fundraiser that helped raise Shs 4.75 million for orphans.[1] A 2007 UGPulse profile of Musoke-Nteyafas accompanying an interview with her describes Musoke-Nteyafas as "an inspiration to many people."[4]
Honors and Awards[edit]
- At 24, she won the Miss AfriCanada 2000 beauty pageant.[22][6]
- In 2007, she won the rising star category of the Planet Africa Award.[2]
- Black Canadian Awards 2014 Honors - National Wall of Role Models[23][24]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Musasizi, Simon (January 17, 2008). "Uganda: Art Raises Shs 4.75m for Orphans". The Observer. AllAfrica Global Media. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stephen Ssenkaaba, Uganda: She is the Black Woman's Mirror in Canada, New Vision, 21 September 2008. Accessed 25 April 2020.
- ↑ Musoke-Nteyafas bailed out Janet Museveni with Volkswagen, The Observer, 30 June 2017. Accessed 25 April 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Businge, Gerald (July 26, 2007). "Who Is Jane Musoke-Nteyafas". UGPulse. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Visual Art: Artists". African Canadian Online. York University. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jones, Vernon Clement (July 27, 2000). "Burdens of beauty". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ "Jane Musoke-Nteyafas". UGPulse. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ↑ "Monthly Archive". AfroToronto.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Dawes, Laina (May 12, 2008). "Black, Canadian and rooting for Obama". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Green, Stephen; Richardson, Karen, eds. (2004). T-Dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto's Black Storytellers. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford. ISBN 9781553956310. Search this book on
- ↑ Jones, Kevin (October 7, 2004). "Griot energy". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Musoke-Nteyafas, Jane. "Forbidden Fruit". Chicken Bones Journal. Black Academy Press, Inc. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Admin (February 4, 2015). "Guest Poets". Black Academy Press, Inc. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ "AFRO-DISIAC". Chicken Bones Journal. February 4, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Odume, Edo (June 12, 2012). "Lyrical reverberations from the Diaspora". Vangaurd News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Chimdi Maduagwu (2012). Reverberations Abroad: Poems by Africans Outside Africa. AuthorHouse. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-4772-0570-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Musoke-Nteyafas, Jane (2008). Butterflies of the Nile: A Collection of Short Stories. Cook Communication. ISBN 9780972699679. Search this book on
- ↑ Masinde, Joshua (November 27, 2010). "Butterflies of the Nile (by Jane Musoke-Nteyafas)". AfricaBookClub.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ Apice, John (August 19, 2016). "Mental Health Comes Into the Light With Music From This Folk Collection". No Depression. FreshGrass Foundation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ McKenzie, Daniel (March 5, 2016). "The Social Mystics, who met in therapy, release their first record". Now Toronto. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ Hirschmann, Thomas (August 7, 2003). "Batik treats". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Uganda/Canada: Contest winner of the Africa-Canada beauty contest held in Toronto on or about 21 July 2000 with reference to contest winner, history, organizers, funding/and or connections to organizations in Africa, particularly Uganda, 3 November 2000. Accessed 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "Black Canadian Awards 2014 Honors - National Wall of Role Models". Black Canadian Awards. 2014. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ "JANE MUSOKE - ROLE MODEL & AMBASSADOR". Black Canadians. Black Canadians Diversity Advancement Network. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
External links[edit]
- Poems by Jane Musoke-Nteyafas at Africa Resource
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