A. Plays
1977
Zonna mpayippayi,
( Published by Marianum Press, Kisubi 2001)
A Uganda Cultural Centre Best script Award 1977 winner. This is a play that examines a man and his insatiable quest for happiness which constantly eludes him to his detriment.
1980
The dance of ogres
( Self published and translated into Luganda as Lumu mu nsi y’amazike )
A Uganda Cultural Centre, 1980 Special Award winner. It is a six-local languages musical play based on one of Uganda’s folktales where ogres terrorize a community. A child with very special resolve tricks them and brings about their destruction.
1982
Omulambuzi wa gavumenti
( unpublished)
A play translated from Nikolai Gogol’s The government inspector. It was staged at the Uganda National Theatre with resounding success.
2013
Namulanda
( Self published)
A historical play exposing intrigue, treachery greed and pretence that prevailed in the body politique of the Baganda society 250 years ago.
2015
Semitego
A translation from English into Luganda, Associate Professor Mercy Mirembe Ntangaare’s play of the same title.
1971-2015
1330 Radio plays on different social and cultural themes.
B. Novels and Novellas
2001
Mbayiwa
(Published by Marianum Press, Kisubi, 2001)
The novel is based on the following argument:’’ when should man be himself despite of society’s cherished values to which he is expected to confirm unconditionally.
C. Children’s Works
1993 – 2015
Seka nga bw’oyiga
(self published)
Renamed Nyumirwa nga bw’oyiga later on (Self published) A collection of 120 folktales from Uganda and beyond in 7 books.
2011
Entandikwa y’Oluganda
( Self published)
A Luganda premier for Luganda learners.
2012
Musanyusa Two volumes
( Self Published)
Short original stories for Luganda learners.
2012
Nakuya mukwano gw’akamese.
(Self published)
A story based on a folklore about teeth extraction among children and the monetary remuneration from rats to the good children who willingly let adults extract their milk teeth when they are due for removal.
2012
Kaku n’emmotoka
( Self published)
A very stubborn boy lacks a role model and loses focus. He narrowly escapes to drop out of school.
2013
Beti Omuzira
( Self published)
A school girl is kidnapped and confined in a secret cult’s camp for four years . She makes a spectacular escape to become a village celebrity.
2014
Talantina
( Self published)
An adolescent girl faces an uphill struggle to stay a virgin and in school , in an environment that fiercely militates against her cherished goals.
2014
Kintu ne Nambi
( Self published)
A story retold about the legendary founders of the Baganda people a Kintu and Nambi.
2015
Kalule muganda w’akakoko
(Self published)
This is a story that does not only spell out the chicken’s social bio data but also explores the special attachment between chickens and children.
2015
Tobbanga
(Self published)
A little girls takes her doll into the dolls’ fashion show. Although her doll is the best dressed it misses winning the context because it was discovered at the last moment that it was a stolen from her friend.
2015
Namulondo ya Kabaka yajja etya?
(Self published).
This a history-illustrated booklet discussing a particular period in Buganda when they had an infant at the throne and how that throne came into existence.
2015
Wakoze ssusu ku buliri?
A seven years old boy is the habit of bed wetting but he fiercely denies that fact. His maternal aunt knows the trick of making him tell the truth.
2016
Nyumirwa egero mu bitontome
( Self published)
25 folktales from Uganda and beyond in verse.
2016
Vva ku ddalu.
( Self published)
A stubborn boy who bullies his siblings learns a lesson from his father.
2016
Wakayima abba Wanfudu
( Self published)
A hare falls into its own trap.
2016
Naawe oli munafu?
( Self published)
Lazy Kisiga learns the value of hard work the hard way.
2016
Naawe olimba?
( Self published)
Aunt Tina sends away her niece because she is indisciplined.
D. Non Fiction Works
1993
Manya ebifa ku kika kyo
( Self published)
( Self published)
A brief history about the 54 Baganda clans
2011
Entandikwa y’Oluganda
( Self published)
A Luganda premier for Luganda learners.
2012
Musanyusa Two volumes
( Self Published)
Short original stories for Luganda learners.
2012
Nakuya mukwano gw’akamese.
(Self published)
A story based on a folklore about teeth extraction among children and the monetary remuneration from rats to the good children who willingly let adults extract their milk teeth when they are due for removal.
2012
Kaku n’emmotoka
( Self published)
A very stubborn boy lacks a role model and loses focus. He narrowly escapes to drop out of school.
2013
Beti Omuzira
( Self published)
A school girl is kidnapped and confined in a secret cult’s camp for four years . She makes a spectacular escape to become a village celebrity.
2014
Talantina
( Self published)
An adolescent girl faces an uphill struggle to stay a virgin and in school , in an environment that fiercely militates against her cherished goals.
2014
Kintu ne Nambi
( Self published)
A story retold about the legendary founders of the Baganda people a Kintu and Nambi.
2015
Kalule muganda w’akakoko
(Self published)
This is a story that does not only spell out the chicken’s social bio data but also explores the special attachment between chickens and children.
2015
Tobbanga
(Self published)
A little girls takes her doll into the dolls’ fashion show. Although her doll is the best dressed it misses winning the context because it was discovered at the last moment that it was a stolen from her friend.
2015
Namulondo ya Kabaka yajja etya?
(Self published).
This a history-illustrated booklet discussing a particular period in Buganda when they had an infant at the throne and how that throne came into existence.
2015
Wakoze ssusu ku buliri?
A seven years old boy is the habit of bed wetting but he fiercely denies that fact. His maternal aunt knows the trick of making him tell the truth.
2016
Nyumirwa egero mu bitontome
( Self published)
25 folktales from Uganda and beyond in verse.
2016
Vva ku ddalu.
( Self published)
A stubborn boy who bullies his siblings learns a lesson from his father.
2016
Wakayima abba Wanfudu
( Self published)
A hare falls into its own trap.
2016
Naawe oli munafu?
( Self published)
Lazy Kisiga learns the value of hard work the hard way.
2016
Naawe olimba?
( Self published)
Aunt Tina sends away her niece because she is indisciplined.
E. Periodicals
2003 -2014
In conjunction with a leading radio station, Central Broadcasting service Ltd he established ENTANDA YA BUGANDA magazine which aims at stimulating economic social and cultural development in Central Uganda.
2007
He established two magazines in collaboration with Central Broadcasting Service: a Children’s magazine entitled Entanda y’abato and a youth’s magazine entitled Entanda ya bavubuka
2014
He established a children’s bi-lingual newsletter( in English and Luganda) entitled THE DIAMOND where children tell their own stories. The newsletter which is still in circulation seeks to groom future great writers and avid readers.
F. Awards
1- 1977
Uganda Cultural Centre Best Script Award for ZONNA MPAYIPPAYI play.
2- 1982
Uganda Cultural Centre Special Award for the DANCE OF OGRES CHILDREN’S PLAY
G. Conferences Attended And Papers Delivered
2004
Attended an East African local languages writers conference in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
2006
Delivered a paper entitled The future of Self Publication at Makerere University, Uganda. during the conference organized by Uganda Women Writers Association ( FEMRITE)
2008
Delivered a paper entitled A crusade towards nurturing children’s permanent literacy in Central Uganda, in a conference organized by the Swedish Writers Guild in Stockholm ,Sweden.
2008
Attended a 2008 LITCAM CONFERENCE on family literacy during Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.
2011
Delivered a paper in a conference organized by Ethiopian Writers Association in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, entitled Not yet Uhuru in A Africa, 50 years down the road.
2014
Delivered a paper entitled The dynamic approach to children’s literacy for empowerment: A Central Uganda case. organized by the Africa Centre of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
2015
Delivered a paper in a conference organized by Kyambogo University on Towards grooming future avid readers and formidable writers.
H. Membership
1. AKADEME YA LUGANDA
( A local academy that seeks to elevate the Luganda language to a level that it is capable of decoding and disseminating every branch of human knowledge obtained from the international languages for the benefit of the less privileged Baganda who are monolingual.
2. INTERNATIONAL LITERACY ASSOCIATION
A USA-based body that promotes children’s and youths’ literacy globally.
Target Group
It is mainly the rural populace which is financially and educationally disadvantaged. It cannot gain access to vital and critical information which is in English , to liberate it from ignorance and poverty in which it is engulfed. Hence Magoba contents himself with extremely low profit margins on his books so as to make his works very affordable to the target group.
His works are info-entertainment in character so that his readers who lack a culture of permanent literacy are induced to read because of the entertainment component , and are eventually empowered in the process of reading.
He does not leave out children to whom he has so far written 24 books so that they grow up avid readers. In 2014 he established a children’s newsletter The Diamond to avail them room to exercise their skills in writing at an early age. The newsletter is both in English and Luganda because these are the two languages used in Central Uganda schools. He wants the children to be literate in both languages.
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