Our selection to kick off the year is Petina Gappah’s award winning novel, The Book of Memory.
Kintu (by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi)
The story of Kintu begins in 2004, in Bwaise a slum in Kampala city prone to flooding in the rainy season. Kintu Kamu has just been murdered, mistakenly called a thief because of the unexplained appearance of fancy gadgets in his shack. Three months later, the people involved in his murder are all found dead, strewn all over the streets of Bwaise.