Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow

Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow
BornChristopher Henry Muwanga Barlow
(1929-05-01)1 May 1929
Died20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 77)
OccupationCivil servant, poet
NationalityUgandan
Period1929–2006
Genrepoetry
Notable worksBuilding the Nation and Other Poems

Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1 May 1929 – 20 August 2006)[1] was a Ugandan poet,[2] notable for his poem "Building the Nation".[3][4] He was one of the recipients of the Uganda Golden Jubilee medals in 2013.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Barlow- a consummate civil servant", business.highbeam.com (22 December 2006). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Henry Barlow was a living Poem" Archived 24 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, New Vision (30 August 2006). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Building the Nation" Archived 21 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Poetry Foundation Ghana (2013). Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Nation building or nation destruction?", thepatrioticvanguard.com (Tuesday 8 September 2009). Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  5. ^ "3,500 Ugandans to get jubilee medals", New Vision, 31 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  6. ^ GOLDEN JUBILEE MEDAL", monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 8 April 2014.