Alex Mukulu (1954 – August 2026) was a Ugandan playwright, actor, instrumentalist and author.Mercy Mireme Ntangaare and Eckhard Breitinger: “Ugandan Drama in English,” in Uganda: The Cultural Landscape, Breitinger, Eckhard (Ed), (Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers, 2000), 224-49.Wanjala, Chris L. & Wanjala, Alex Nelungo: “Central and East Africa – A Personal Overview”, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Vol 40, Issue 4, pages 253-265, 1 Dec 2005.
Life and career Mukulu was born in Misebe, Mityana (Ssingo County), Buganda in 1954, to Paulo Kayizi Lugaizi and Victoria Ndagire, daughter of Prince Yokana Kimbugwe of Lungujja. After Kololo Secondary School, he studied Film and Drama at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. His most well-known plays include “30 Years of Bananas”, “Wounds of Africa” and “Guest of Honour”.Fuchs, Anne (Ed): “ New Theatre in Francophone and Anglophone Africa: A Selection of Papers Held at a Conference in Mandelieu”, 23–26 June 1995, Rodopi, 1999. “Journey to Self-Realization” was performed at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Kampala in 2007.Ingram, Derek: “Kampala Notebook”, The Round Table - The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol 97, No 394, pages 29-33, Feb 2008
On 15 August 2026, it was announced that Mukulu had died. He was 72.
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Plays
Books 30 Years of Bananas, Alex Mukulu, Oxford University Press, 1993
Death Mukulu died on 15 August 2026, at the age of 72 at Kiruddu General Referral Hospital.
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