Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer of poetry, prose, essays, drama, comics, and songs. His writing has been published in Carte Blanche, Best Canadian Poetry, and Skin Deep, among over 35 other publications. He has been interviewed on Voice of America, NTV Uganda, and Urban TV and other media outlets. Mugabi’s writing is used to teach High School English in Kampala and Toronto schools. He won the Discovering Diversity Poetry Contest in 2017. In the same year, his award-nominated debut, “Dear Philomena,” was published and he went on a 43 city, 5 country North America/East Africa tour.

In 2018, Mugabi was named one of 56 writers who has contributed to his native Uganda’s literary heritage in the 56 years since independence by Writivism. Mugabi wants to be Jaden Smith when he grows up.