Arineitwe Evaristo

2025-Certificate in Administrative Law (Short course)-MAK

2025-Runyankore-Rukiga Orthography (Short course)-KAB

2023-Master of Arts in Literature and Communication (MALC)-BSU

2013-Bachelor of Arts with Education-2nd Class Upper (Eng & Lit)-KAB

African Poetry

Prison/Incarceration Poetry

African Expatriate writing/Literature

War Poetry/Literature

Gender in Media studies and Literature

Linguistic Approaches to Literature

Human Rights in Literature and Media Studies

Phonological Parallelism in Timothy Wangusa’s Poetry presented in The International Conference (of Kiswahili) –Chama Cha Kiswahili Afrika Mashariki held at Kabale University from 9th-10th June, 2022.

MY CURRICULUM VITAE

Bio-Profile:
I am an enthusiastic, passionate and result oriented kind of person with a Master of Arts in Literature and Communication (MALC) from Bishop Stuart University and a Bachelor of Arts with Education (BA. ED) from Kabale University. My other academic interests include East African Poetry, Prison and exile Literature, Protest Poetry, Ugandan Literature, Literature and Human Rights, Literary Theory, Evolution of African Literature, Gender in Literature and Media Studies, Advanced Creative writing and English Communication Skills.
Education:

Tertiary
2019- 2023 Master of arts in Literature and Communication- Bishop Stuart University
2010-2013 Bachelor arts in Education (Upper Second Division)-Kabale University
Secondary
2008-2009 Kabale Trinity College- Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE)
2004-2007 Kabale Trinity College- Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)
Primary
1997-2003 St. Mary’s Boys Primary School, Rushoroza -Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).

Employment History:

2024-todate: Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at Kabale University.
2022-2023: Teaching Assistant (on contract terms) at Kabale University.
2018-2022 Education Officer (Teacher) at St. Mary’s College Rushoroza.
2014-2021 Teaching Assistant (part-time basis) at Kabale University.
2017-2020 Education Officer (part-time Teacher) at Bishop Kivengere Girls’ School, Muyebe.
2017-2018 Education Officer (Part-time teacher) at Nyabikoni S.S.S.
2012-2018 Education Officer (Teacher) at Kabale Trinity College.

Positions Held:

2025-todate   Assistant Editor Submissions for Africa Journal of Language Studies (AJLS)

2025-todate   Coordinator for Creative Wring Projects for students under the English Department

2023-todate   Coordinator for Communication Skills at Kabale University

2021-2022       S.6 Arts (Class Teacher) at St. Mary’s College Rushoroza.

2012-2018        Head of Department (English) at Kabale Trinity College.

2012-2018        Debate and Writers’ clubs’ patron.

Details of my Teaching Career:
I have taught English Language and Literature in English at both Ordinary and Advanced levels in Secondary schools in Kabale, Uganda for ten years (from 2013-2023). This has given me considerable expertise in handling content for Literature in English at both levels of secondary school Education.

I have taught all genres of literature; Lit P310/1(Prose and Poetry), Lit P310/2 (Drama/Plays) and Lit P310/3 (Novels and Short Stories). In the execution of my teaching profession in Secondary schools.

I have been the Head of Department for English and Patron for Debating and Writers’ Clubs at Kabale Trinity College partnering with Femrite in a campaign called Tukosawa (meant to nurture young writers in secondary schools in Uganda).

Also, I have attended a number of workshops on English and literature pedagogy, the recent one being the new Lower secondary school curriculum in Uganda.

I have worked as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at Kabale University since 2024.

I have worked as a Teaching Assistant and taught Literature and communication Skills at Kabale University for nine years (from 2014-2023). I have taught certificate and diploma courses.

Working under the supervision of lecturers in the department of English (Institute of Language Studies) at Kabale University, I have tutored students in Oral Literature and Short Story, Aspects of the novel, Aspects of Poetry, Introduction to African Written Literature (especially on Recess Programme).

At Kabale University, I have also attended a number of workshops on E-Learning, the AIMS system of managing students’ marks, and educational pedagogy (thanks to specialists from the faculty of Education).

Working under the auspices of lecturers, I have also supervised students’ projects (proposals) especially those of Diploma in Education (primary) and research for students of Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary alike). These are majorly courses offered in the Department of Open Learning of Kabale University (recess).

My other accomplishments:
I have participated in the reviewing of courses for English and Literature in the department of English (Institute of Language Studies at Kabale University) as per the National Council for Higher Education requirements. Focus was on the courses taught to students of Bachelor of Arts with Education (offering Literature and English).

In the same vein, I have also participated actively in the writing of new programmes in the department of English for example Master of Arts in Literature which The National Council for Higher Education assented to (the programme is currently being taught). I was majorly pivotal in carrying out a needs assessment survey among fellow teachers of English language and literature before the new course would be written, and eventually, accredited. I was also the minute secretary in most of the meetings to discuss the writing of this course. Besides, I have also attended meetings to discuss the writing of new academic programmes like Bachelor of Performing Arts and Bachelor Journalism and Media Studies. In all these meetings, I was the minute secretary.

From June (2024) to date, I have been the coordinator of Communication skills (a cross-cutting course for all first-year students at Kabale University). This has equipped me with a number of skills like leadership skills, teamwork and/or collaboration, critical thinking, emotional intelligence and generally, interpersonal skills.

I am also an accomplished emcee. I have emceed at school functions for example at Kabale Trinity College, a renowned private school in Kabale District Southwestern Uganda (my Alma mater) as well as public functions like wedding parties and thanksgiving ceremonies. This has upped my public speaking skills (thanks to the fact that I teach the Art of Public Speaking to undergraduate students at Kabale University).

International Conferences attended:
CHAMA CHA KISWAHILI AFRIKA MASHARIKI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (9th -10th JUNE 2022 AT KABALE UNIVERSITY).

Conference Papers presented:
“Phonological parallelism in Timothy Wangusa’s Poetry”- presented in an International Conference of Kiswahili hosted by Institute of Language Studies at Kabale University in 2022.

Journal articles Published:
Morphological Deviation in Africa’s New Brood by Timothy Wangusa. East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 6(1) 106-119.

Graphological Deviation: A Defamiliarizing Trope in Timothy Wangusa’s Poetry. East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 6(1), 120-128.

Creative Works:
Being a poetry enthusiast, I have written a collection of 67 poems titled The Boiling Point and Other Poems (published by Generis Publishing). One of the poems from the above collection titled “The Return” has featured in an anthology titled Where Broken Hearts Go and Other Poems edited by Egara Kabagi etal.

Besides, I have published three entries (poems) under the International Human Rights Arts Festival (IHRAF) through its African Secretariat. The poems were published in an anthology titled Thorns, Tears &Treachery: A Collection of Poems, Essays& Artwork on the Sudanese Civil War.

In a bid to celebrate twenty-five years of existence of Kabale Trinity College in style, I spearheaded a campaign to write a school magazine in 2020, a project that was a huge success. I bade teachers, school administrators and proprietors contribute articles to that cause. With my editorial team, we edited articles and produced The Trinitarian (the school magazine).

In 2022, I was also instrumental in proofreading and editing The Ray, a school magazine of St. Mary’s College Rushoroza (a government-aided secondary school also in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda).

Besides, I have not only edited but also contributed articles to The Kab Mirror, a kind of magazine/ a bulletin run by the Institute of Language Studies at Kabale University.

Master’s Dissertation:
“Linguistic Deviation and Parallelism in Timothy Wangusa’s Poetry” supervised by Assoc. Prof. Danson Sylvester Kahyana and Prof. Laban Erapu.

Skills:
Computer-literacy (especially in Microsoft packages), Teamwork, Communication Skills (articulate in written and spoken communication) and critical thinking.

Referees:
1.Benon Guarantee Tugume (PHD)
Associate Professor of Literature (Department of English)
Kabale University
P.O Box 317,
Kabale, Uganda.
+256783060460

2. Constance Tukwasibwe (PHD)
Head of Department (English)
P.O Box 317,
Kabale, Uganda.
+2566782640170

3. Danson Sylvester Kahyana (PHD)
Associate Professor of Literature (Makerere University)
President Emeritus, Uganda PEN
P.O Box 7062,
Kampala, Uganda
+256-782565878

Declaration:
I, Arineitwe Evaristo, declare that all the above is the correct information about me.