| 词条 | Tumusiime Rushedge |
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|birth_name = Tumusiime Rushedge | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1941 | birth_place = Bushenyi District, Uganda | death_date = {{death year and age|2008|1941}} | death_place =Kabwohe | occupation = Medical doctor, writer | nationality = Ugandan | education = | alma_mater = Makerere University,Ntare School | genre = Fiction | subject = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | Twitter = | website = }}Tumusiime Rushedge (1941-2008) was a Ugandan surgeon, pilot, novelist, cartoonist and newspaper columnist. He was known as "Tom rush". He wrote a weekly column in the "Sunday Vision", called "Old Fox". He was the brain behind the cartoon strip Ekanya, which was published daily in the "New Vision". The cartoons centred on the drunken character Ekanya and his struggling wife Rosie, and has remained popular since the early 1970s.[1] He is the author of a novel, "The corrupt, the quick and the dead".[2][3] Early life and educationTumusiime was born on March 1, 1941 in Buhweju county, Bushenyi District. He was the first born of seven children, born to the Rev. Andereya Rushedge and Eseza Bantu. He grew up in a Christian home and during his childhood, he was greatly involved in Emmanuel Church Kabwohe as a drummer calling worshippers to Sunday service. He attended Kibubura Boys Primary School in Ibanda, for his primary education. For secondary education, he went on to Mbarara High School (1954-1957) and Ntare School (1958-1960). He designed the school badge of Ntare school while a student there. He studied Medicine at Makerere University in 1961. There, again he excelled and in 1966 he graduated with honours, going on to specialise in ear, nose and throat (ENT). He attained a post-graduate diploma at Medical School. He went for further studies in the US and attained a master's degree in Surgery in Chicago. For his accomplishment in the medical fields of ENT and neurology, he was awarded a professorship.[4] Published works
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Death rushes Old Fox|website=observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=422:moses-talemwa|accessdate=15 December 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=The Corrupt, the Quick and the Dead (by Tumusiime Rushegye)|website=africabookclub.com/?p=11631|accessdate=15 December 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=With cops on your side, the law is yours to break|website=theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/With-cops-on-your-side-the-law-is-yours-to-break-/-/434746/1662308/-/bqkrh1/-/index.html|accessdate=15 December 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Tom Rush: A comet of 100 years|website=newvision.co.ug/D/8/25/635538|accessdate=15 December 2014}} External links{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tumusiime Rushedge}} 10 : 1941 births|2008 deaths|Ugandan novelists|Male novelists|Ugandan male writers|Ugandan writers|Makerere University alumni|Kumusha|20th-century novelists|20th-century male writers |
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