Ivan Matthias Mulumba is a Ugandan writer"Writers in Uganda and authors in Uganda" , writers.net. Retrieved 12 February 2014. and valuation surveyor."Mulumba Ivan Matthias" africabookclub.com (11 August 2013). Retrieved 12 August 2013. He is the author of two collections of poems, Poetry in Motion"Just read: Poetry In Motion by Mulumba Ivan Matthias" , (24 March 2016). Retrieved 31 March 2016. and Rumblings of a tree,"Book Review: Rumblings of A Tree by Mulumba Ivan Matthias" , nevender.com. Retrieved 12 September 2017. and a novel, The Honking."Book Review : The Honking by Mulumba Ivan Matthias" nevender.com (26 July 2017). Retrieved 26 July 2017.Abubaker Mayemba, "The Honking is Mulumba’s defining novel" , observer.ug (4 September 2017). Retrieved 4 September 2017. His work has appeared in The Kalahari Review,"Trumpeter & Void by Mulumba Ivan Matthias", kalaharireview.com (23 September 2013). Retrieved 24 September 2013."Chicken Fight & Enough by Mulumba Ivan Matthias", Kalaharireview.com (14 January 2014). Retrieved 14 January 2014."Blank Walls by Mulumba Ivan Matthias", kalaharireview.com (25 February 2014). Retrieved 26 February 2014.Until I See No More kalaharireview.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015. Reader's Cafe Africa,Mulumba Ivan Matthias, "Into the darkness" readerscafeafrica.com (8 October 2013). Retrieved 8 October 2013. Africa Book Club,"October 2013 Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition Winners", africabookclub.com (16 November 2013). Retrieved 18 November 2013."December 2013 Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition Winners", africa book club.com (4 January 2014). Retrieved 6 January 2014. Munyori literary journal,Poems by Mulumba Ivan Matthias, Uganda, munyori.org. Retrieved 18 April 2014. Lawino-magazine, lawino-magazine.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015 and Sooo Many Stories."Forever Gone Mulumba Ivan Mathias", somanystories.ug. Retrieved 9 April 2015 He was nominated for the 2018 Young Achievers Awards.Performing Arts young achievers awards.ug. Retrieved 7 August March 2018
Early life and education Mulumba was born in Masaka District in the Central Region of Uganda to Gerald Jjagwe and Dorothy Namakula Jjagwe. His father worked as a valuation surveyor while his mother ran a bookshop. When his mother's bookshop closed, the books were stocked at home, something that introduced Mulumba to reading early in his life and sparked a desire for storytelling."Mulumba Ivan Matthias", africabookclub.com (11 August 2013). Retrieved 12 August 2013
He studied at Bishop Ddungu Boarding Primary School, Blessed Sacrament Kimaanya Primary School, St. Henry's College Kitovu, and then Makerere University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Land Economics."THE 62nd CONGREGATION OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE CONFERMENT OF DEGREES AND Award of DIPLOMAS" , CHS.mak.ac.ug. Retrieved 11 April 2016
Writing Mulumba's first collection of poems, Poetry in Motion, was called "an enterprising first" by the Africa Book Club."Poetry in Motion by Mulumba Ivan Matthias", africabookclub.com (29 May 2013). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
The Daily Monitor called it "an anthology that chronicles the first steps of a poet, and captures the beliefs, experiences and some ideologies in society".Dennis D. Muhumuza, "A poet's view of social dynamics", monitor.co.ug (6 September 2014). Retrieved 31 March 2016.
His story "Chasing my tail" was runner-up for the October 2013 Africa Book Club short reads competition. Another story, "Into the Bush", was the winning story in December 2013 for the same monthly competition.
His work has also been featured on the Pan-African poetry platform Badilisha Poetry Radio."Mulumba Ivan Matthias", badilishapoetry.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
Works
Novels
Short story collection
Blank walls: Obwenyi bw'emirimago. Uganda: Mattville Publishing House. 2020.
Poetry collections
Poems "Children of the Wind", "Listen", "Froth", in "Doorway", in "Urchin" and "Naked thief", in "Mary has a ball", in "My Palestine", and "When nobody is watching" in Badilisha Poetry - Pan African Poets (2016) "Until I See No More", "Light" and "Such A Thief " in Kalahari Review (2015) "Forever Gone" in Sooo Many Stories (2015) "Shamim", "A Memory", "Breathe", "The love of my life" and "Rumblings of a tree" in Munyori literary journal (2014) "Chicken Fight, and Enough" in The Kalahari Review (2014) "Trumpeter, and Void" in The Kalahari Review (2013)
Short fiction "Into the Bush" and "Chasing my tail", in in Lawino (2015) "Blank walls" in The Kalahari Review (2014) "Into the darkness" in Reader's Cafe Africa (2013)
Awards and recognition Nominated for the 2018 Young Achievers Awards.
References
External links "NoViolet Bulawayo: Everything I produce is African Dispatches from Kampala by Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire"