Jennifer Makumbi receives her Commonwealth 2014 Short Story Prize cheque from Romesh Gunesekera at Kabira Country Club, Bukoto, Uganda. PHOTO | MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, whose story Let’s Tell This Story Properly won her the Commonwealth 2014 Short Story Prize, would not be writing or telling stories were it not for the Buganda oral tradition and her father’s bookshelves.
Born in Kampala to Anthony Kizito Makumbi and Evelyn Nnakalembe, Makumbi recalls with relish evenings of stories with her grandfather Elieza Makumbi in Kande village in Luwero district while away from the city, where she would go through her father’s bookshelves for something to read.
