Achiro P. Olwoch will be serving as the Interim Artistic Director of National Queer Theater January 1 – March 31, 2025. Achiro’s remarkable talent, vision, and commitment to storytelling make her uniquely suited to guide NQT in this next chapter. “I have no doubt that under her leadership, NQT will thrive in our mission to uplift […]
Achiro P. Olwoch also contemplates the dubious legacy of violence and discrimination in Uganda. In “Born into Exile,” Olwoch shares that, facing persecution as a lesbian, she left her country because she could, but reminds us that living in exile means carrying around “a fractured identity,” that longs to return to a home that is […]
After the anti-homosexual bill is passed in Uganda, no one is safe. A young woman finds out that the man who got her pregnant is homosexual. She worries that she’ll be in trouble if the community finds out. He need a woman in his life to appease the community and pretend that he in a […]
Achiro will be spending six months in residency with Fresh Ground Pepper (FGP), alongside other artists, developing a new project. “Fresh Ground Pepper jump-starts, incubates, and celebrates new works of art by new and experimenting artists. We believe in rigorous exploration, delighted making, process over product, supportive networks, and the merger of artist and audience […]
‘Till Death’, a posthumous publication of Salvatore Yoana Olwoc and edited by Achiro P. Olwoch has been released. “‘Till Death’ is set in a post-colonial city in Africa in a country that has undergone a number of regimes and violent take overs and is now being ruled by a dictator General. The main character Joseph Dragu […]
Ms. Achiro has a new book out. My War Song explorers Achiro’s experience of exile and the war that once ravaged Northern Uganda. “Exile is a term that is used very often in the world today with people running from their countries as a result of persecution, political unrest and estrangement, among other reasons. Leaving your country […]