Our Guest, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, use Labi Siffre’s song, Something Inside So Strong to unpick the migrant narratives in her collection of short stories, Manchester Happened (published in the USA as Let’s Tell This Story Properly), we explore the ways in which Sweet Mother by Nico Mbaga contribute to conversations on the treatment of indigenous Ugandan feminism in relation to western feminism in the novel, The First Woman (published in the USA as A Girl Is A Body of Water), and we also draw explicit parallels between Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Makumbi’s Kintu. Listen to Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s curated playlist on Spotify, and Deezer.   Follow @booksandrhymes on Twitter and Instagram to stay informed on the latest news on classic and contemporary books by writers of African descent. We would love it if you share your thoughts & tag us in your social media posts of this episode.   The song you heard in the intro and outro of this podcast is titled: Reset by Meakoom (Meakoom) link to her music is available on Bandcamp   Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's Bibliography:   -     Kintu -     Manchester Happened (Published as Let's Tell This Story Properly in the USA) -     The First Woman - (Published as A Girl Is a Body of Water in the USA)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.