Books by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (4)


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A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Uganda flag Uganda
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“Makumbi is such an honest, truthful writer. . . . I loved every single page.” —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage A Best Book of the Year at TIME; The Washington Post; O, the Oprah Magazine; BBC Winner of the Jhalak Prize In her thirteenth year, Kirabo confronts a piercing question: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small Ugandan village of Nattetta—her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts—but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow. Seeking answers from Nsuuta, the local witch, Kirabo learns about the woman who birthed her, who she dis... continue
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Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Uganda flag Uganda
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Uganda's history reimagined through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan in an award-winning debut.
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Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN

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Country: Africa / Uganda flag Uganda
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE HEARST BIG BOOK AWARDS 2019 AN AMBITIOUS AND ASSURED COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF KINTU If there's one thing the characters in Jennifer Makumbi's stories know, it's how to field an uncomfortable question. 'Let me buy you a cup of tea...what are you doing in England?' 'Do these children of yours speak any Luganda?' 'Did you know that man Idi Amin?' But perhaps the most difficult question of all is the one they ask themselves- 'You mean this is England?' Told with empathy, humour and compassion, these vibrant, kaleidoscopic stories ... continue

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The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Uganda flag Uganda
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A dazzling feminist coming of age tale from the award-winning author of Kintu