![]() ![]() 'An ambitious modern epic that takes in family saga and the history of Uganda, fusing the urgency of the present with the timelessness of myth.'Įllah Wakatama Allfrey, Kwani? Manuscript Project Series Editor commented: Jamal Mahjoub, Chair of Judges for the Kwani? Manuscript Project, described Kintu as: Hailed by Doreen Baingana, author of Tropical Fish, as ‘the novel Uganda-and not just Buganda-has been waiting for’, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Kintu weaves together multiple timelines, one that takes the reader on an adventure in the ancient kingdom of Buganda and another which navigates the realities of contemporary Uganda and its recent past. On Friday 13th June, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi was also announced as overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 for, ‘Let’s Tell This Story Properly’ – beating regional winners from Singapore, the UK, Guyana and Australia. The book is the first of a series of novels coming out of the Kwani? Manuscript Project that will be published by Kwani Trust over the next two years. ![]() This bold and ambitious novel won the 2013 Kwani Manuscript Project, a new literary prize for unpublished fiction by African writers. Award-winning Ugandan writer, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi will launch her debut novel Kintu in Kampala tomorrow on Wednesday, 18th June 2014. ![]()
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