Jennifer Makumbi at Ake Arts and Book Festival 2022

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi talks about her incredible body of work in this book chat, especially, her second novel - an epic yet deeply personal mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism. The protagonist, a teenage girl called Kirabo, goes into her teens wondering about the mother she has never known. In her search for the truth, she is plunged into a world of magic, tradition, and the haunting legend of ‘The First Woman.’ This is a piercing story of a young girl’s discovery of what it means to be a woman in a family, a community and a country that seems determined to silence her.