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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a Ugandan novelist and short story writer, has a PhD from Lancaster University. Her first novel, Kintu, won the Kwani? Manuscript Project 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. Makumbi lives in Manchester with her husband, Damian, and her son, Jordan.

Zitate

Beenzu Muzyambahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
‘No man is worth your tears; you hear me? Keep them for your children.’
Beenzu Muzyambahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Especially because throwing girls out of education ensured one thing: their babies would be born into poverty. When the girls were led out of the San to get on the school bus, Kirabo pondered. The boys who had made them pregnant would carry on as before, their lives uninterrupted.
Beenzu Muzyambahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
The Ganda did not celebrate birthdays – ‘What nonsense. Children do absolutely nothing on their arrival that warrants presents every year. If anything, they should give presents to their mothers, who come close to death.’

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Beenzu Muzyambahat einen Ersteindruck geteiltvor 2 Jahren
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