Published in 2019
320 pages
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a Ugandan novelist and short story writer, has a PhD from Lancaster University. Her first novel, Kintu, won the Kwani Manuscript Prize 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. Jennifer lives in Manchester, UK.
What is this book about?
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 tea… what are you doing in England?
Do these children of yours speak any Luganda?
Did you know that man Idi Amin?
But perhaps the most difficult question of all is the one they ask themselves: You mean this is England?
Told with empathy, humour and compassion, these vibrant, kaleidoscopic stories re-imagine the journey of Ugandans who choose to make England their home. Weaving between Manchester and Kampala, this dazzling, polyphonic collection will captivate anyone who has ever wondered what it means to truly belong.
