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Kintu

by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - £8.99  Oneworld Publications (2018)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781786074430 | ISBN 10: 1786074435

An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Uganda's troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan.
 
The breathtaking debut from the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018.
 
The year is 1750. As he makes his way to the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda Kingdom, Kintu Kidda unleashes a curse that will plague his family for generations. As the centuries pass, the tale moves down the bloodline, exploring the lives of four of Kintu Kidda's descendants. Although the family members all have their own stories and live in very different circumstances, they are united by one thing - the struggle to break free from the curse and escape the burden of their family's past.
 
Blending Ganda oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has brought to life an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters to produce a powerful epic - a modern classic.

(Price & availability last checked: October 2018)

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