Kagayi Ngobi is widely heralded as one of Ugandan poetry’s leading lights.
As a performer, he effortlessly balances artistic vision, technical virtuosity and a keen sense of timing to set fire to the stage, as it were, with the kind of pyrotechnics which shine through with personality and character.
As a writer of poetry, the quality of his written material infuses his delivery on stage with a sense of what makes something, anything, poetic.
His diction and facility for conjuring up words and coining phrases, a linguistic process known as neologism, is revolutionary.
This dual ability, performing and writing, has turned him into a foundational figure in the genre of not just Ugandan poetry but regional verse.
One would think that would be more than enough of a contribution to the poetry art form.
However, Kagayi is not one to rest on his laurels. He is also a nurturer of poetic talent across several generations.
His poetry outfit called Kitara Nation is responsible for shaping the earliest incarnations of spoken word artistry in Uganda.
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