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Novel Writers – Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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Writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi introduces and discusses her award winning debut novel, Kintu, at Spike Island’s excellent Novel Writers.
The novel reimagines Uganda’s troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan.
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. From that moment on, each of Kintu’s descendants will find themselves caught up in the struggle to break free from the curse and escape the burden of their family’s past.
is needed now More than ever
‘The most important book to come out of Uganda for half a century’ – Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a Ugandan novelist and short story writer, has a PhD from Lancaster University. Kintu, won the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013 and was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize in 2014. Her short story Let’s Tell This Story Properly won the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
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