![]() ![]() "Passionate, original, and sharply observed, the novel decenters colonialism and makes Ugandan experience primary."- Book Riot ![]() "Reminiscent of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, this work will appeal to lovers of African literature."- Library Journal (Starred Review) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's marvelous Ugandan epic, Kintu, explodes such chauvinism."- Guernica ![]() "Postcolonial literature is often thought of as a conversation between a native culture and a Western power that sought to dominate it. Over the course of six rich sections, she fires not a single gratuitous shot."- Public Books "Makumbi takes a sniper's aim at the themes of virility and power across time. " A masterpiece of cultural memory, Kintu is elegantly poised on the crossroads of tradition and modernity."- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) " Kintu is a masterpiece, an absolute gem, the great Ugandan novel you didn't know you were waiting for."- Aaron Bady, The New Inquiry "With a novel that is inventive in scope, masterful in execution, she does for Ugandan literature what Chinua Achebe did for Nigerian writing."- Lesley Nneka Arimah, Guardian ![]() "Magisterial."- The New York Review of Books ![]()
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