Kintu: From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021

Name: Kintu: From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
Brand: Oneworld Publications
SKU: 9781786074430
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By (author): Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

'Ugandan literature can boast of an international superstar in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi' Economist

An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Ugandas troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan

In this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantly brings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan.

The year is 1750. Kintu Kidda sets out for the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda kingdom. Along the way he unleashes a curse that will plague his family for generations. Blending oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintus descendants as they seek to break free from the burden of their past to produce a majestic tale of clan and country a modern classic.

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Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 04 Oct 2018
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781786074430

About Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi a Ugandan novelist and short story writer has a PhD from Lancaster University. Her first novel Kintu (Oneworld 2018) won the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013 and was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize in 2014. Her second novel The First Woman was awarded the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour in 2021. She was awarded the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 'Let's Tell This Story Properly' which features in this collection. She was awarded the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018 to support her writing and lives in Manchester where she lectures in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.