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Short Works: My Sister Biira, by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

My Sister Biira, by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, My Sister Biira, by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

In Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's specially commissioned short story there's a family secret

In award-winning writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's story, written specially for Radio 4, the family have a secret. Babirye Bukilwa is the reader.

The award winning writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's  new short story, specially written for Radio 4, is all about a family secret. Babirye Bukilwa is the reader.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer.  In 2014 she won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story, Let's Tell This Story Properly, and her debut novel, Kintu was published in 2018.

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