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One of Kintu’s singular achievements is that Makumbi doesn’t “write back” in this fashion; instead of centring colonialism, Uganda (and, earlier on, Buganda) are depicted on their own terms.
DURBAN

Kintu, a refusal to ‘write back’

Time of the Writer is cancelled. Instead of hearing Jennifer Makumbi speak, we read her first novel

  • Theresa Mallinson
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Efemia Chela. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
EDITORS

The Portfolio: Efemia Chela

Many people don’t view editing as a creative job. Instead they regard it as being technical and rigid — the publisher’s merciless hired hand. That’s not the case. I’m not a…

  • Efemia Chela
2 min read