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The Weavings of Life: a collection of stories
Paperback
ISBN13: 9789970109449
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: Jun 23 2026
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.44 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Two girls form a friendship and in that cave of tenderness find the freedom to confront the lingering ghosts of surviving a war that has shrouded everything they know about themselves and the world they live in. A young woman arrives at the job of her dreams, in a city far from home and there the haunting memories of her childhood demand to be felt. Soon to be married, a modern woman negotiates with herself through evolving reminders of socio-cultural expectations and limitations that conflict with her own sense of identity. Lacing eleven stories from the colourfully chaotic streets of Kampala; the historic happenings that characterise Gulu; the forgotten legends of Ankole land and the carryings of home that travel with us all over the world.... The Weavings of Life lends a reflective tableau into the lives of Ugandan women existing in contemporary times as they shuttle between feelings and experiences of loss and yearning, triumph and grief and face the contradictions of home, belonging, culture and faith.
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