Kintu Kintu

Kintu

From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021

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Publisher Description

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

An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Uganda’s 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 Kintu’s 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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2018
25 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
432
Pages
PUBLISHER
Oneworld Publications
SELLER
Simon and Schuster Australia Pty Ltd.
SIZE
1.6
MB

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