Conversation

Jennifer Makumbi will discuss her second novel, an epic yet deeply personal mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism. The protagonist, a teenager called Kirabo enters her teens, she wonders about the mother she has never known, and sets out to find the truth. Her search plunges her into a world of magic, tradition, and 

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In her chat with host Mohale Mashigo, prize-winning author, Nnedi Okorafor will talk about her recent departure from the genre in which she made her name. Her inspirational new book, Broken Places Outer Spaces, describes her early life as a college track star and budding entomologist, before she was diagnosed with scoliosis. After surgery she 

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