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Kintu

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Start date: February 1, 2019

Finish date: February 28, 2019

Discussion: February 2019 - UGANDA

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February 2019 - UGANDA

Second half of the book
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First half of the book
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Aug 01, 2020 Brown Girl Reading rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020-big-book-challenge

This is Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's debut novel. Kintu is a Ugandan novel that tells the story of Kintu's lineage and the curse that inflicts them. The novel is like a story inside a story inside of another story. We learn about the generations while becoming acquainted with Ugandan culture. Each character is crafted realistically and the points of magical realism are introduced at just the right moments in the story. Makumbi doesn't forget to make us laugh despite the seriousness throughout th ...more

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Feb 20, 2019 Melanie rated it really liked it

I read this Ugandan novel for #readaroundtheworldbookclub and it was really great. Did I understand all of it? No. I always compare books written on the backbone of a completely different culture to travel. You come to this completely new place. A lot of the things are a bit strange, some are exciting, some unsettling. You have the choice to either accept and experience it all or push back and reject. No different with a book really. I lack the cultural key to truly judge the book. My key opens ...more

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Apr 07, 2019 Victoria (Eve's Alexandria) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: history, library, writers-of-colour, africa, debut, protagonist-of-colour

This debut novel is both epic and intimate, the story of 250 years of Uganda’s history told through the lives of the members of a single family. It begins in the 1750s with the eponymous Kintu, a Ppokino or chief serving the Ganda kings who, on a journey to pay tribute to a new monarch, makes a terrible mistake. Rather than confessing what he’s done he conceals the tragedy from his family, a decision that brings down a curse on his descendants that will last for hundreds of years.

In 2004 we mee ...more

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Jul 23, 2020 Teresa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020-read

4.5 stars. A wonderful African multigenerational story from 1700s to 2004. I enjoyed the writing and the story. It was a little difficult to keep up with the different areas of families and the storylines of each family. I can't review this book, because the story is so big, just read it. I absolutely was thrilled with the circuitous route all the pieces of this lovely story took to come together, so at the end a beautiful picture was formed. Wonderful!
I read this as part of the Kintu Read along ...more

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Mar 03, 2019 Stacey added it · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf

DNF

It’s not a bad book. I was interested in the beginning but the history becomes somewhat convoluted. I general I just had no interest in picking up after the halfway point.

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