Girl Soldier

Girl Soldier
Author: Faith J. H. McDonnell
Publisher: Chosen Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441217010

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
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786073781

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.

Uganda Be Kidding Me

Uganda Be Kidding Me
Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1455599727

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.

Sing to the Moon

Sing to the Moon
Author: Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Publisher:
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1911373390

A grandfather and his grandson share the quiet pleasures of a rainy day.

Songs and Stories from Uganda

Songs and Stories from Uganda
Author: W. Moses Serwadda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1987
Genre: Folk Songs, Ugandan
ISBN: 9780937203163

Presents thirteen songs with accompanying stories retold from Ugandan folklore.

Let's Tell This Story Properly

Let's Tell This Story Properly
Author: Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2015-05-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459730577

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.

Sacred Queer Stories

Sacred Queer Stories
Author: A. S. Van Klinken
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1847012833

An invaluable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling, a key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies.Presenting the deeply moving personal life stories of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees in Nairobi, Kenya alongside an analysis of the process in which they creatively engaged with two Bible stories - Daniel in the Lions' Den (Old Testament) and Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (New Testament) - Sacred Queer Stories explores how readings of biblical stories can reveal their experiences of struggle, their hopes for the future, and their faith in God and humanity. Arguing that the telling of life-stories of marginalised people, such as of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, affirms embodied existence and agency, is socially and politically empowering, and enables human solidarity, the authors also show how the Bible as an authoritative religious text and popular cultural archive in Africa is often used against LGBTQ+ people but can also be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.

Tall Grass

Tall Grass
Author: Carlos Rodríguez Soto
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Children and war
ISBN: 9789970027330

The story of Uganda's northern war has been extensively covered by the press in recent years, and has also been covered in a number of books. But this story is radically different in that it is full of personal anecdotes about the author's face-to-face encounters with nearly all the major actors in the war. The story is told with ease and lucidity and makes compelling reading."ù Prof. Arthur Gakwandi, Makerere University --Book Jacket.

A Good Trade

A Good Trade
Author: Alma Fullerton
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2012-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0986949590

In Uganda, a young boy struggles to carry cans full of water back to his small village, and when he sees an aid truck filled with something that would make his journey easier, he devises a way to obtain some of the truck's treasure.

Beatrice's Goat

Beatrice's Goat
Author: Page McBrier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2004-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689869908

This illustrated book offers the true story of how a poor African girl was able to attend school after receiving a goat as a gift through a special international project and then sell its milk to get the money needed to buy her books. Reprint.