Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, who has won the £5,000 award, says victory shows that the country is not a 'literary desert'
'This is a dream' … Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Uganda is no longer a "literary desert", according to the author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, speaking after winning the Commonwealth short story prize for a piece praised by judges for its "risk-taking, grace and breadth".
The Ugandan writer beat contenders from around the world to win the £5,000 award for Let's Tell This Story Properly, in which a Ugandan woman, Nnam, living in Manchester, finds her husband has "died in the bathroom with his pants down. He was 45 years old and should have pulled up his pants before he collapsed. The more shame because it was Easter. Who dies naked on Easter?" She travels back to Uganda for his funeral, to discover a web of deception.
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The Ugandan writer beat contenders from around the world to win the £5,000 award for Let's Tell This Story Properly, in which a Ugandan woman, Nnam, living in Manchester, finds her husband has "died in the bathroom with his pants down. He was 45 years old and should have pulled up his pants before he collapsed. The more shame because it was Easter. Who dies naked on Easter?" She travels back to Uganda for his funeral, to discover a web of deception.
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