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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on “Kintu” with Electric Literature’s Lucie Shelly

On June 13th at 7pm, please join Book Culture on 112th, along with Electric Literature, as we celebrate Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s new book, Kintu. The author will be joined in conversation by Lucie Shelly.

First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multi layered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. Divided into six sections, the novel begins in 1750, when 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. In an ambitious tale of a clan and a nation, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintu’s descendants as they seek to break from the burden of their shared past and reconcile the inheritance of tradition and the modern world that is their future.











When: Tue., Jun. 13, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Book Culture
536 W. 112th St.
212-865-1588
Price: Free
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On June 13th at 7pm, please join Book Culture on 112th, along with Electric Literature, as we celebrate Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s new book, Kintu. The author will be joined in conversation by Lucie Shelly.

First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multi layered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. Divided into six sections, the novel begins in 1750, when 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. In an ambitious tale of a clan and a nation, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintu’s descendants as they seek to break from the burden of their shared past and reconcile the inheritance of tradition and the modern world that is their future.

Buy tickets/get more info now