The Manuscript and the Market: Notes from a Ugandan Self-Publisher | Wadizakais Nasuru | Essay

The Manuscript and the Market: Notes from a Ugandan Self-Publisher | Wadizakais Nasuru | Essay

  I finished the first draft of my debut novel sitting alone in Kampala. No editor waiting. No agent.

No publishing house to call. Just the manuscript on my screen and a question I hadn’t fully prepared for. Now what?

That question is where many African writers get stuck. Not because they lack talent.

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