John Ruganda

John Ruganda (30 May 1941 to 8 December 2007) was Uganda's best-known playwright. Ruganda was also a professor at University of North, South Africa, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University.
Ruganda's plays "reflect the reality of the East African sociopolitical situation after independence." He helped outline East African theater. "The Burdens" (1972) and "The Floods" (1980) are regularly studied in literature classes.