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Kintu / Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi with an introduction by Aaron Bady.

By:

Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Oakland, CA : Transit Books , c2014, 2017Description: viii, 443 pages ; 21 cmSubject(s):

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DDC classification:

FIC MAK

LOC classification:

PR9402.9.M35 K56 2017

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MAK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009485

"First published in 2014 by Kwani Trust, Nairobi ."--Title verso page.

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.

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