Kintu

The breathtaking debut from the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prizeand the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018 'A soaring and sublime epic. One of those great stories that was just waiting to be told.(Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author ofA Brief History of Seven Killings) In this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantlybrings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. The year is 1750. 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. Blending oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintus descendants as they seek to break free from the burden of their past to produce a majestic tale of clan and country – a modern classic.