Kintu

Description

Uganda’s history reimagined through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan in an award-winning debut.
Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Aaron Bady (Introduction by)
Published: 05/16/2017
Publisher: Transit Books
ISBN: 9781945492013
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 1.40″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.20″ W

About the Author
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a Ugandan novelist and short story writer, has a PhD from Lancaster University, where she now teaches. Her first novel, Kintu, won the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013 and was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize in 2014. Her story “Let’s Tell This Story Properly” won the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She is currently working on her second novel and a collection of short stories, Travel Is to See, Return Is to Tell. Jennifer lives in Manchester, UK with her husband, Damian, and her son, Jordan.

Aaron Bady is a writer in Oakland and an editor at The New Inquiry.