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Ugandan children’s literature can be differentiated into oral and written forms. Moreover, there is literature in different languages in Uganda; the majority of children’s literature is, however, written in English.1

In the present study, I focus on written fiction in English for young people which comprises different genres. The biggest part of it is taken up by folktales and narratives in a realistic mode,2 thus in the form of prose. There are few dramas and poems written for children in Uganda. The folktales contain many ‘fantastic’ and also ‘realistic’ elements and, therefore, share common elements with magic realism.3 The narratives in a realistic mode are set in postcolonial Uganda and deal with different topics such as growing up, school, HIV/AIDS, the girl child and child soldiers. In the present chapter, different genres, topics and titles are discussed. For a further analysis and integration in my study the following 18 texts were selected:

Folktales:

 How Goats Lost Their Beautiful Tails (Rwakasisi, 2004)

 The Baby in the Forest (Barungi, 2009)

 The Adventurous Sisters (Okurut, 1999)

 The Precious Calabash (Anywar, 2003)

 The Jewels of Amuria (Ranzo, 2013)

 A Testing of Strength (Bukenya, 1990)

Fiction in a Realistic Mode

 Cherished Dreams (Adyeeri, 1994)

 “First Kiss” (Baingana, 2005a)

 “The Hair Cut” (Lamwaka, 2010b)

 Our Cousins from Abroad (Barungi, 2003)

 Voice of a Dream (Namukasa, 2006)

 Moses (Kimenye, 1968a)

 Moses in Trouble (Kimenye, 1968b)

 I Will Miss Mr Kizito (Sempebwa, 2005)

 The Unfulfilled Dream (Ocwinyo, 2003)

 “JJ” (Segawa, 2010)

 I Will Not Fail (Kisubi, 2008)

 Children of the Red Fields (Arac de Nyeko, 2005a)