Wikipedia:Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas (born c.1976) is a Ugandan poet, writer, visual artist, playwright, and cultural critic who lives in Toronto, Canada.

Early Life and Education
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas was born in Moscow. She is the oldest of four children of Ugandan diplomat parents, Theoklitus (Truman) and the late Beatrice Musoke-Nteyafas. She had early education in France and later in Denmark, before moving to Uganda, where she went to Gayaza High School and Namasagali College. She then studied law in Cuba before moving to Canada.

Musoke-Nteyafas speaks English, French, Spanish, Danish and Luganda. An in-depth profile in  Now Magazine about her participation in the Miss AfriCanada Pageant at age 24 wondered "why such a smart woman — master of four languages and microcomputer applications student — would heed the cattle-call and enter a beauty pageant," and Nteyafas replied, "Miss AfriCanada will travel to Africa as a spokesperson for AIDS prevention" ... "And I have been separated from my family for five years. I want to see them and Uganda again."

Career
Musoke-Nteyafas has contributed to a variety of literary journals, and has written for magazines and online publications, including UGPulse, an East African online magazine. Musoke-Nteyafas has written for AfroToronto.com, an online Toronto-based African-Canadian magazine. In her role as a cultural critic, she spoke with Laina Dawes, writing for The Toronto Star in 2008 about the potential impact of the election of Barack Obama on racism in Canada.

Musoke-Nteyafas has been published in T-Dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto's Black Storytellers. Musoke-Nteyafas's writing has also been published by an African-American publisher in the United States, the Black Academy Press, including her short story, "Forbidden Fruit" and other writing. Musoke-Nteyafas's poetry has been published in an anthology, Reverbations Abroad, which was edited and self-published by Dr. Chimdi Maduagwu, a senior lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Lagos.

Musoke-Nteyafas is also a visual artist, with specialties described by York University as pencil and charcoal drawings, and East African batik, which also states, "as an emerging artist she introduces a global style with ingredients of spectacular detail, capturing the imagination of the masses." A 2007 UGPulse profile of Musoke-Nteyafas accompanying an interview with her describes Musoke-Nteyafas as "an inspiration to many people."

Honors and Awards

 * At 24, she won the Miss AfriCanada 2000 beauty pageant.
 * In 2007, she won the rising star category of the Planet Africa Award.