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ABYSSINIAN CHRONICLESABYSSINIAN CHRONICLES
Isegawa, Moses

NOW IN PAPERBACK. Widely acclaimed debut novel set in the 1970s and 1980s in Amin's Uganda. 493pp, UK. PICADOR, 0330376640

2000 paperback 


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ANOTHER NIGGER DEAD
Liyong, Taban Lo

An epic poem from Uganda. 72pp, UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES.

1972 0435901168 Paperback 


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ANOTHER NIGGER DEAD


CASSANDRACASSANDRA
Barungi, Violet

The story of an independent minded, self confident and ambitious girl who is determined to reach the top without using men's coat tails to do so. Her journey is however made more difficult when love crosses her path. Cassandra is a woman's statement on life and on how to balance gender roles in order to transform society positively. 256pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED, 9970901044

1999 Paperback 


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CONVERSATIONS FOR A DREAMER OF THE DAWN
Ebalu, Peter Egobu

This is a set of poems about loss: of love, loved ones, money, status, esteem and youth. The poems are divided into sections entitled: bereavement poems, nature poems, existentialist poems and love poems. They were composed in both Uganda and the UK, where the author spent much of his youth. 63pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

2006 9789970025695 Paperback 


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CONVERSATIONS FOR A DREAMER OF THE DAWN


CORPSE LOVERS AND CORPSE HATERSCORPSE LOVERS AND CORPSE HATERS
Liyong, Taban Lo

Poems composed while Idi Amin was dictator of Uganda. With and afterword by the poet. 102pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TIMBILA PUBLISHING.

2005 0958485860 Paperback 


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THE DEFENCE OF LAWINO
P'Bitek, Okot

A new translation from Acholi by the Sudanese writer Taban lo Liyong, who asserts that a new translation was necessary because Song of Lawino was not strictly a faithful translation but rather one in which whatever was 'topical, striking, graphic and easily renderable into English' was given prominence. BNS, 132pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS, 9970022695

2001 paperback 


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THE DEFENCE OF LAWINO


DO I HAVE TO KNEEL?DO I HAVE TO KNEEL?
Haward, Patricia

Namuli, the lead character of this novel, makes her way from an isolated Ugandan village to international recognition. She encounters obstacles, prejudices and uncertainties about her own identity as a student, professional woman and mother. She experiences the enigmas of love, relationships and loss. The novel is based on a true story and aims to give readers an authentic picture of what it was like to live in Uganda from the 1950s through to the 1970s. 281pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

2005 9970024957 Paperback 


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FOOTPRINTS OF THE OUTSIDER
Ocwinyo, Julius

Ocwinyo's second novel draws on the recent history of Uganda to explores how political developments affect ordinary people's lives. Map, 165pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN NETQUOTEVAR:UGANDA PUBLISHERS, 9970023438

2003 Paperback 


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FOOTPRINTS OF THE OUTSIDER


GIFTS OF HARVESTGIFTS OF HARVEST
Barungi, Violet (Ed.)

From the origins of life - and its antithesis, death - through tradition as opposed to modernity, through depredations and ravages of war, HIV/Aids, marital infidelity, school experiences, to the importance of resilience, this anthology traverses a broad literary territory both in terms of themes and styles. These are the voices of women from different parts of Uganda joined together by a commonality of concerns. 168pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE.

2006 9789970700042 Paperback 


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HARE AND HORNBILL
P'Bitek, Okot

A Collection of traditional African folktales from Uganda and East Africa. 80pp, UK. HARCOURT EDUCATION NETQUOTEVAR:HEINEMANN, 0435901931

1999 1978 Paperback

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HARE AND HORNBILL

THE KIND GANGTHE KIND GANG
Kisiki, Bob

A fictional story about a young boy growing up in Uganda and the intervention of the 'kind gang' in his life. Gloss, 75pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS, 9970023411

2003 Paperback 


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THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Foden, Giles

Film tie-in edition. A young Scottish doctor is drawn into the brutal regime of Idi Amin when he is appointed his personal physician. When civil chaos ensues his actions become decisive. 360pp, UK. FABER & FABER.

2007 1998 9780571232888 Paperback 


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THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND


MASABAMASABA
Drinkwater, Peter

In 1969, Scott and Kathy start a new life together in Uganda. But their different outlooks on life soon become apparent and their marriage reaches a crisis point as Idi Amin's reign begins. Half forgotten incidents take on fresh significance as old scores are settled. 321pp, UK. BOOK GUILD LTD, 1857768388

2004 Hardback 


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MEMOIRS OF A MOTHER
Wangusa, Ayeta Anne

The story of a Ugandan woman forced to trade the romantic idealism of her youth for a mundane marriage, based on outmoded rules and obligations. 73pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED, 997090101X

1998 Paperback 


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MEMOIRS OF A MOTHER


MEN LOVE CHOCOLATES BUT THEY DON'T SAYMEN LOVE CHOCOLATES BUT THEY DON'T SAY
Barya, Mildred Kiconco

A collection of poetry by a young Ugandan writer. 92pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS, 9970988808

2002 Paperback 


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MRS CARRUTHERS IS BLACK
Carruthers, John

Partly autobiographical novel, tells the story of a British expatriate in East Africa set against the backdrop of Uganda before and after the terrifying rule of Idi Amin. 355pp, UK. BOOK GUILD LTD.

2005 1857769260 Hardback 


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MRS CARRUTHERS IS BLACK


MY CLEANERMY CLEANER
Gee, Maggie

Now in paperback. Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin - now twenty-two, handsome and gifted - is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother's surprise, he asks for Mary. When Mary responds to Vanessa's cry for help and returns from Uganda to look after Justin, the balance of power in the house shifts dramatically. Both women's lives change irrevocably as tensions build towards a startling climax on a snowbound motorway. 352pp, UK. SAQI BOOKS.

2006 2005 1846590086 Paperback 


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OF SAINTS AND SCARECROWS
Kibuuka, Ulysses C.

Ssempa, irreverent, crafty and atheistic, and Julian, a pious, subservient Catholic nun, suddenly find themselves the focus of two religious communities with irreconcilable interests. The unexpected liaison between the two protagonists ignites unforeseen passions within each of the communities, and causes unbearable tensions between them. The two communities inevitably collide, crushing the two hapless lovers in the process. In this satirical tale that straddles the Great Lakes region and concerns itself with one of the cataclysmic eras of Uganda’s history, the 1950s through to the 1970s, Kibuuka explores the complex workings of politico-religious interpersonal relations. 264pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

2008 9789970025305 Paperback 


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OF SAINTS AND SCARECROWS


PALE SOULS ABROAD AND OTHER TALESPALE SOULS ABROAD AND OTHER TALES
Kibuuka, Ulysses C.

Weaves together a knowledge of Uganda's indigenous languages and history to create chronicles of a country with a complex past and uncertain future. He creates vivid tales of the legacy of foreign interventions, domestic powers, and individuals negotiating their lives in a world where tradition and modernity are merging. 218pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

2005 9970025244 Paperback 


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RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Tindyebwa, Lillian

The story of Hellen Ntale who becomes so enchanted by the riches and wonders of the world that she is led to an unexpected place. 140pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN [UGANDA] PUBLISHERS, 9770020331

2003 2000 1995 Paperback 


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RECIPE FOR DISASTER


SHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE OCEANSHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE OCEAN
Ekochu, Bananuka Jocelyn

Portrays the struggles of a group of people trying to make sense of their lives and relationships. The author is a member of the Femrite women writers' collective. This is her first novel. BNS, 175pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED.

2004 9970700030 Paperback 


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SNAKEPIT
Isegawa, Moses

Now in paperback. Bat Katanga is a Ugandan just returned to his homeland after two years in Britain. With a degree from Cambridge, he hopes to make his fortune there and each 'reform' imposed by Idi Amin increases his chances. He enters the top echelons of government with his sense of honesty and honour firmly intact. His life begins to unravel when he is threatened into taking a bribe from a Saudi prince. This starts a journey into the most dangerous precincts of Amin's Uganda. 259pp, SOUTH AFRICA, PICADOR AFRICA

2006 2004 1770100113 Paperback 


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SNAKEPIT


SONG OF LAWINO AND SONG OF OCOLSONG OF LAWINO AND SONG OF OCOL
P'Bitek, Okot

A lament sung by a woman whose husband has rejected village life and taken a new wife who speaks English, powders her face and is skinny like European women. It is a lament for the rejection of the deeply-rooted traditions of their ancestors and the superficial materialism of Western values.

It is followed by the Song of Ocol, her husbands response. Its terse verse belies the frustration he feels at the outdated values of his society. Illustrated with b/w drawings. 151pp, UK

1984 Paperback 


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TEARS OF HOPE: A Collection of Short Stories by Ugandan Rural Women
Wangusa, Ayeta Anne (Ed.)

A collection of eight short stories by rural Ugandan women which reflects their lives and thoughts. Includes colour photographs of the authors and brief biographies. 171pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED, 9970700022

2003 Paperback 


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TEARS OF HOPE: A Collection of Short Stories by Ugandan Rural Women


TEMPTATIONS OF A SCHOOL DROPOUTTEMPTATIONS OF A SCHOOL DROPOUT
Amaitum, Pampilio

Lively tale of a perennial troublemaker. 157pp, UK. PALAM BOOKS, 0953785203

2001 paperback 


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TROPICAL FISH: Stories Out of Entebbe
Baingana, Doreen

A collection of short stories set in post Idi Amin Uganda, and linked by the heroines' relationships as sisters. Winner of the AWP Award Series in Short Fiction. 'Hunger' was shortlisted for the 2004 Caine Prize and 'Tropical Fish' is on the Caine Prize 2005 short list. 147pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS.

2005 1558494774 Hardback 


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TROPICAL FISH: Stories Out of Entebbe


THE TROUBLE CAUSERTHE TROUBLE CAUSER
Kabushenga, Solomon

In south-western Uganda, the destinies of cattle are intertwined with those of men and clans, and the supernatural holds immense sway over human decisions and actions. This is the backdrop to this novel. Animosities, fears, uncertainties and hot-headedness on the one hand, and harmony, rationality and amity on the other, mark relations between the rival Bajura and Bagirakwe clans; and through the novel, the author shows how this tension still epitomises a current day reality. 192pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

2007 9789970025381 Paperback 


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TWO SONGS: Song of Prisoner and Song of Malaya
P'Bitek , Okot

Contains the poems Song of Prisoner & Song of Malaya, which won the Kenyatta prize for literature in 1972. 184 pp. KENYA. EAST AFRICAEDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS.

1988 1971 9966467203 Paperback 


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TWO SONGS: Song of Prisoner and Song of Malaya


UGANDAN CREATIVE WRITERS DIRECTORYUGANDAN CREATIVE WRITERS DIRECTORY
Tabaire, Bernard (Ed.)

130 authors are profiled including extracts of their work, and also includes an introduction and history of Ugandan literature. 94pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS.

2001 9707000066 Paperback

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WAITING: A Novel of Uganda at War
Kyomuhendo, Goretti

Set during the last year of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's brutal regime, Waiting exposes the fear and courage of a small, close-knit community uncertain of what the edicts of a madman and the marauding of his uncontrollable army will bring with each coming day. Safe for years in their poor remote country village far from Amin's political battlefield, Alinda and her family are plunged into the rippling effects of war when the troops of the self-proclaimed Last King of Scotland use the local highway as an exit route from the pursuing Ugandan and Tanzanian liberators. With her mother on the verge of labour, her brother anxious to join the liberators, and a house full of hungry siblings, neighbours, and displaced refugees, Alinda learns what it takes to survive and eventually plan for a new life. 134pp, USA. FEMINIST PRESS.

2007 9781558615397 Paperback 


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WAITING: A Novel of Uganda at War


WHITE TEETH: A NovelWHITE TEETH: A Novel
P'Bitek, Okot

A humorously related story about the predicament of a young man faced with the prospect of paying heavy bridewealth in a changing society. First published in the Acholi language in 1953. Gloss, 108pp, KENYA. EAST AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL PUBLI..

2000 1996 1989 996646445X Paperback 


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WORDS FROM A GRANARY: An Anthology of Short Stories by Ugandan Women Writers
Barungi, Violet (Ed.)

Fifteen short stories from emerging writers. iv, 95pp, UGANDA. FEMRITE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED, 9970700014

2001 paperback 


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WORDS FROM A GRANARY: An Anthology of Short Stories by Ugandan Women Writers


WORDS THAT MELT A MOUNTAINWORDS THAT MELT A MOUNTAIN
Liyong, Taban Lo

Collection from the Ugandan author of 'Lament to East African Literary Barrenness'. These poems were inspired by Taban's brief stay in Japan in the early 1990s. 149pp, KENYA. EAST AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS.

1996 9966467890 Paperback 


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