The First Woman | Kgosi Readers Bookclub

On the 9th of March 2025, the Kgosi Readers Book Club gathered for their 16th gathering to discuss The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.

Synopsis:

A powerful feminist rendition of Ugandan origin tales, The First Woman tells the story of Kirabo, the equivalent of Eve in Ugandan mythology.

Smart, headstrong, and flawed, Kirabo is raised by doting grandparents in idyllic Natteria in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by the absence of the mother she has never known. At once epic and deeply personal, it tells the story of one young girl's search for her mother, her discovery of what it means to be a woman throughout history and the implications of her future.