Beatrice Lamwaka 
The Mission at Verona 
Safe House Short Story Singles

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.



Representing the very best of African creative nonfiction,
Safe House brings together works from Africa’s contemporary literary greats. In a collection that ranges from travel writing and memoir to reportage and meditative essays, editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey has brought together some of the most talented writers of creative nonfiction from across Africa.



This creative nonfiction single from the
Safe House anthology is Beatrice Lamwaka’s memoir of conflict in northern Uganda.

About the author

Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, OBE, editor, critic, and broadcaster, is former deputy editor of Granta magazine, series editor for the Kwani? Manuscript Prize, and the deputy chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing. She served as a judge for the 2015 Man Booker Prize panel. She lives in London, England.