We come to intimately know an extended family rich in centuries-old tradition, and follow the unsentimental education of the boy who takes it all in, who learns, observes and teaches, and starts to feel the very earth moving under the African experience and the people he loves.įilled with extraordinary characters, animated by a wicked sense of humour and guided by intense, clear-eyed compassion, this novel feels at once classic and unique. We strive to despatch all orders and supply tracking details the following working day after payment is confirmed. His previous novels include Abyssinian Chronicles and Snakepit. In his hugely impressive Abyssinian Chronicles Moses Isegawa renders the chaotic swirl of life in Uganda, from a lazy, remote village to the urban rush of Kampala.

Set in a tribal village during the years of the Idi Amin terror in Uganda, Abyssinian Chronicles takes us into the heart of Africa, vividly immersing us in the mesmerizing extremes of beauty and brutality, wisdom and ignorance, wealth and poverty, hope and despair that define the continent today. Moses Isegawa is the pseudonym for Sey Wava, who lived for fifteen years in the Netherlands before returning to his native Uganda in 2006.

Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa