Blogs in October 2020

Waiting 2nd October 2020

Set in the seventies during the last year of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s brutal, often surreal rule, Waiting evokes the fear and courage of a small close-knit society uncertain of what the edicts of a madman or the marauding...

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The Atlas of Forgotten Places 2nd October 2020

With the empathy of Little Bee and the political intrigue of Blood Diamond, a gripping story of two women from different worlds who become inextricably bound in a quest to save their loved ones. The Atlas of Forgotten Places...

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A Girl Is a Body of Water 2nd October 2020

In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted her childhood: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small village of Nattetta—her grandmother, her best friend, and...

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Manchester Happened 2nd October 2020

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 a question. ‘Let me buy you a cup of...

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The Queen of Katwe 2nd October 2020

PHIONA MUTESI sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona has been out of school most of her life because her mother cannot afford it, so...

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