James K. Tumwine is the founding editor of African Health Sciences. When he was at university he wrote revolutionary poetry and fomented revolt against Uganda’s then ruler, Idi Amin. He became a specialist in paediatric infectious diseases and was Oxfam UK’s Health Adviser for Africa. He is now an associate professor of paediatrics at Makerere University’s Medical School in Kampala, and president of the Forum for African Medical Editors.
How did you first get involved in writing and publishing?
When I was 14 I started a school newspaper. Within my home village in Kabale district in western Uganda, and even…
