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The first woman

Hardcover • 2020 • English • 1. edition

The first woman

By Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga

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About the book

For one young girl, discovering what it means to become a woman in a family, a community and a country determined to silence her will take all the courage she has. Growing up in a small Ugandan village, Kirabo is surrounded by powerful women. Her grandmother, her aunts, her friends and cousins are all desperate for her to conform, but Kirabo is inquisitive, headstrong and determined. Up until now, she has been perfectly content with her life at the heart of this prosperous extended family, but ...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction

Book details

ISBN

9781786077882

Publisher

Oneworld

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The first woman

Format

Hardcover

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