Joshua Lubwama

Joshua Lubwama is a Ugandan writer and software engineer. He is the winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Africa Region. He was longlisted for the 2023 and 2024 Afritondo Short Story Prizes. His work appears or is forthcoming in GrantaA Long HouseAfritondoThe Shallow Tales Review, and elsewhere.

When they got to a well-lit road, they hopped from one streetlight to the next, double-checking their bags’ contents, marvelling at the yield, budgeting on-the-go, their teeth a golden yellow in the shimmering light.