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Joshua Lubwama

Joshua Lubwama is a software engineer and writer based in Kampala, Uganda. He was longlisted for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the 2023 and 2024 Afritondo Short Story Prizes. His work appears in The Anatomy of Flying Things and Travelling Men Don’t Die.

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Fiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition

Mothers Not Appearing in Search

Joshua Lubwama

‘It was the universal dream. Cristiano Ronaldo earned more money in one week than the best engineer or lawyer did in one year. The boys knew that and I knew it, too.’

Fiction by Joshua Lubwama.

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