Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 24 June 1969 in Luweero District, Uganda) is a Ugandan poet and literary scholar.
[13] Kiguli has also contributed poetry for children to the collection Michael's Eyes: The War against the Ugandan Child,[14] an international collaborative effort "intended to raise the global awareness of the situation in Northern Uganda," particularly concerning the troubles caused by the Lord's Resistance Army.
[15] Kiguli poem’s were also featured in Eye of the Storm: A Photographic Journey Across Uganda,[16] with photography by David Pluth and Pierre-Francois Didek.
Kiguli has also been featured by Ultra Violet: Indian feminists unplugged,[17] and by Department of English & Creative Writing, Lancaster University.
[19] Praised by the poet and critic Alex Smith as "the leading intellectually astute voice in contemporary East African poetry,"[12] Kiguli was an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for 2010, with her research focusing on "Oral Poetry and Popular Song in South Africa and Uganda: A Study of Contemporary Performance.”[6] On the same general topic, Kiguli’s recent intellectual contributions include “The Symbolism of Music Festivals in Buganda: The case of Ekitoobero and Enkuuka y’omwaka,” in Performing Community[20] (2008) and "Mapping the Dream of Cultural Continuity: Songs at Enkuuka y’omwaka” in Performing Change[21] (2009).