Uganda Be Kidding Me
Uganda Be Kidding Me

Author: Chelsea Handler

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2014-03-04

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1455599727

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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.

We Are All Birds of Uganda
We Are All Birds of Uganda

Author: Hafsa Zayyan

Publisher: Merky Books

Published: 2022-01-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781529118667

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'A remarkably accomplished, polished debut.' MALORIE BLACKMAN 'Rightfully tipped for greatness' SUNDAY TIMES 'This moving tale of love and loss ... is well worth the wait' INDEPENDENT ' W hat's distinctive is the modern, multi-ethnic vision of masculinity she presents and the solidarity that emerges from it ... undeniably powerful too.' GUARDIAN ' A sprawling and epic dual narrative ... woven together with gentle urgency; sensitive and with a rare perspective on how our mixed race backgrounds can help form feelings of both internal power and conflict.' I-D MAGAZINE 'You can't exactly stop birds from flying, can you? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built. Present-day LONDON. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew. Shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2022

The Girl from Uganda
The Girl from Uganda

Author: Tengio Urrio

Publisher: East African Educ. Publ.

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Set in Tanzania, this first novel from a Tanzanian public health physician, tells the story of a senior civil servant who wins a scholarship to undertake post-graduate work course in the USA. He is thrilled at the prospect of living in America, with its glamorous reputation. But the America he discovers is a far cry from the fantasy, until he meets Betty, the girl from Uganda.

Girl Soldier
Girl Soldier

Author: Faith J. H. McDonnell

Publisher: Chosen Books

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1441217010

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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.

Kintu
Kintu

Author: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1786073781

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'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.

Let's Tell This Story Properly
Let's Tell This Story Properly

Author: Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2015-05-16

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1459730577

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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.

African Holocaust
African Holocaust

Author: John F. Faupel

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2019-01-13

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 178912302X

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African Holocaust, which was first published in 1962, tells the extraordinary story of how and why a group of 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda (now part of Uganda) were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. These “Uganda Martyrs” were killed on orders of Mwanga II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, at a time of a three-way religious struggle for political influence at the Buganda royal court. The episode also occurred against the backdrop of the “Scramble for Africa”—the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers. A fascinating read.

Tendo's Wish
Tendo's Wish

Author: Cathy Kreutter

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-12

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780692500569

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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.