Tendo's Wish

Tendo's Wish PDF Author: Cathy Kreutter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692500569
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
Tendo's wish is a story of small acts of kindness being passed along all day through a Ugandan village, ending in a pleasant surprise for Tendo. This circular story has a 'pay it forward' feel that the whole family will enjoy.

Tendo's Wish

Tendo's Wish PDF Author: Cathy Kreutter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692500569
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
Tendo's wish is a story of small acts of kindness being passed along all day through a Ugandan village, ending in a pleasant surprise for Tendo. This circular story has a 'pay it forward' feel that the whole family will enjoy.

Kintu

Kintu PDF Author: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786073781
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Book Description
'Ugandan literature can boast of an international superstar in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi' Economist An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Uganda’s troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan In this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantly brings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. The year is 1750. 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. Blending oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintu’s descendants as they seek to break free from the burden of their past to produce a majestic tale of clan and country – a modern classic.

I Know an Old Mzee who Swallowed a Fly ---

I Know an Old Mzee who Swallowed a Fly --- PDF Author: Cathy Kreutter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789970430017
Category : Children's literature, African
Languages : en
Pages :

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The classic folk poem, retold in Uganda.

Girl Soldier

Girl Soldier PDF Author: Faith J. H. McDonnell
Publisher: Chosen Books
ISBN: 1441217010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
For several decades a brutal army of rebels has been raiding villages in northern Uganda, kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers or wives of commanders. More than 30,000 children have been abducted over the last twenty years and forced to commit unspeakable crimes. Grace Akallo was one of these. Her story, which is the story of many Ugandan children, recounts her terrifying experience. This unforgettable book--with historical background and insights from Faith McDonnell, one of the clearest voices in the church today calling for freedom and justice--will inspire readers around the world to take notice, pray, and work to end this tragedy.

Let's Tell This Story Properly

Let's Tell This Story Properly PDF Author: Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459730577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Book Description
Honouring strong new voices from around the world, the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is a global award, open to unpublished as well as published writers, with a truly international judging panel. This global anthology presents the winner of the 2014 Short Story Prize, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s “Let’s Tell This Story Properly,” alongside some of the most promising and original stories entered for the prize during the past three years by emerging writers across the literary landscape of the world. Gathered from over ten thousand entries, the selected stories are provocative, rich in flair and ambition, and push the boundaries of fiction into fresh territory.

Uganda Be Kidding Me

Uganda Be Kidding Me PDF Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455599727
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Book Description
In this uproarious collection of travel essays, Chelsea Handler sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever. On safari in Africa, it's anyone's guess as to what's more dangerous: the wildlife or Chelsea. But whether she's fumbling the seduction of a guide by not knowing where tigers live (Asia, duh) or wearing a bathrobe into the bush because her clothes stopped fitting seven margaritas ago, she's always game for the next misadventure. The situation gets down and dirty as she defiles a kayak in the Bahamas, and outright sweaty as she escapes from a German hospital on crutches. When things get truly scary, like finding herself stuck next to a passenger with bad breath, she knows she can rely on her family to make matters even worse. Thank goodness she has the devoted Chunk by her side-except for the time she loses him in Telluride. Complete with answers to the most frequently asked traveler's questions, hot travel trips, and travel etiquette, none of which should be believed, Uganda Be Kidding Me has Chelsea taking on the world, one laugh-out-loud incident at a time.

Sing to the Moon

Sing to the Moon PDF Author: Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 1911373390
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

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Book Description
A grandfather and his grandson share the quiet pleasures of a rainy day.

Kisses from Katie

Kisses from Katie PDF Author: Katie Davis
Publisher: Authentic Media Inc
ISBN: 1780780699
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Book Description
Katie was a normal American teenager when she decided to explore the possibility of voluntary work overseas. She temporarily 'quit life' to serve in Uganda for a year before going to college. However, returning to 'normal' became impossible and Katie 'quit life' - college, designer clothes, her little yellow convertible and her boyfriend - for good, remaining in Uganda. In the early days she felt as though she were trying to empty the ocean with an eyedropper, but has learnt that she is not called to change the world in itself, but to change the world for one person at a time. By the age of 22 Katie had adopted 14 girls and founded Amizima Ministries which currently has sponsors for over 600 children and a feeding program for Uganda's poorest citizens - so it is no wonder she feels Jesus wrecked her life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together making it more beautiful than it was before.

The Night Wanderers

The Night Wanderers PDF Author: Wojciech Jagielski
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609803612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Fleeing the aggressive reach of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and their brutal leader Joseph Kony, on an average night in northern Uganda tens of thousands of children head for the city centers to avoid capture. They find refuge on the floors of aid agencies or in the streets. In recent years, the civil society was almost completely destroyed by the LRA, itself made up almost entirely of kidnapped children. Piecing together what has been broken is proving to be a nearly impossible task. Polish journalist Wojciech Jagielski inserts himself into this hellish landscape and finds a way to speak of these children and their wounded world. In The Night Wanderers, Jagielski shows his readers the horror of children who have been abducted from their homes and forced to kill their own family members; children who, even after they have escaped the LRA, carry the weight of their own acts of murder on their young shoulders. Jagielski portrays Uganda through their eyes as well as his own. Carrying on the rich tradition of Ryszard Kapuściński, Jagielski digs himself deep into the Ugandan landscape and emerges with a compassionate, incisive, painful, magisterial account of a world that is just starting to pull itself out of the horrors of war. The original Polish edition of The Night Wanderers is shortlisted for the Nike Prize, considered to be the most prestigious literary award in Poland.

The First Woman

The First Woman PDF Author: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786077892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527

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Book Description
'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-Lodge An intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, from a multi-award-winning author As Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her search will take her away from the safety of her prosperous Ugandan family, plunging her into a very different world of magic, tradition, and the haunting legend of 'The First Woman'. 'In Jennifer Makumbi, we have a giant of literature living among us.' Peter Kalu, Jhalak Prize Judge A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, BBC CULTURE & IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR