Julius Ocwinyo is a Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

n editor, poet and novelist. His novels include Fate of the Banished (1997), The Unfulfilled Dream (2002), and Footprints of the Outsider. Ocwinyo was born in Teboke village in Apac District

Apac District

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. He studied at Aboke

Aboke

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 Junior Seminary and Lango College

Lango College

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, before joining the Institute of Teacher Education at Kyambogo

Kyambogo University

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, where he earned a Diploma in Education. He later studied at Makerere University

Makerere University

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, where he received a Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Education

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. Ocwinyo taught at various educational institutions before becoming an editor for Fountain Publishers, Kampala

Kampala

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...

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