Kintu
By: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ; with an introduction by Aaron Bady
Series: Kwani? series -- 9; Kwani? series -- 9.
Publisher: Transit Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781945492013
Subjects: Origin; Chiefdoms; Ugandan fiction (English); Families; Ethnohistory; History; Fiction
Description: 'First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. Divided into six sections, the novel begins in 1750, when 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. In an ambitious tale of a clan and a nation, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintu's descendants as they seek to break from the burden of their shared past and reconcile the inheritance of tradition and the modern world that is their future." --back cover
Notes: "First published in 2014 by  Kwani Trust, Nairobi ." --verso page