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First published in Kenya in 2014, Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi tells an epic tale of Uganda's history in six sections, beginning in 1750, when a man named Kintu Kidda unwittingly unleashes a curse on his bloodline, and continuing through the subsequent generations as Kintu's descendants experience the burden of their shared past.