{"title":"Geoffrey Kiggundu","description":"GEOFFREY KIGGUNDU was born in Uganda. He studied and later taught French at Makerere University in Kampala before emigrating to Canada in 2004. He currently lives in Brampton, Ontario, with his wife and three children, and works as a French to English translator. The \"Son\" of Kasaka is his first novel.","products":[{"product_id":"the-son-of-kasaka-paperback","title":"The 'son' of Kasaka - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Kasaka to poor, semi-literate parents, Makula Musoke grasps all opportunities available to him to leave his birthplace, a little-known village in Uganda, to pursue education in the capital city. Having been told from a young age that he is the \"hope\" of the village, Makula dreams of developing his birthplace into an economically thriving centre. After earning a bachelor's degree in economics, he succeeds in both marketing and farming. Circumstances later force him to emigrate to Canada, where, after a period of struggle, he becomes vice president of a successful real estate company in Toronto, Ontario. A decade later, however, Makula faces economic hardship that makes him long to return to Kasaka and to his original dream ... to achieve his mission of developing the village of his birth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67837428007135,"sku":"9780991848706","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/HGXF8sKpoy9780991848706.webp?v=1790776346"},{"product_id":"frenemy-matriarchs-paperback","title":"Frenemy Matriarchs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerab doesn't want to marry. The husband chosen for her is an older farmer with three children of his own. To object doesn't cross Merab's mind, however. She respects and obeys the limited roles Ugandan tribal culture gives to women. To do otherwise would be to deny centuries of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnlike Merab, Ruth rails against the limitations of being a woman in a world where men hold all the power. Ruth wants to make her own way in life, despite the career her mother chooses for her and a verbally abusive husband. For Ruth, \u003ci\u003etradition\u003c\/i\u003e is just another word for subjugation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile Merab uses her considerable talents to improve her family's life, Ruth builds a career in the civil service, only to be constantly undercut by the chauvinistic values of her male colleagues-a constant hindrance that prompts her to change her goals and life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold over the course of seven decades, \u003ci\u003eFrenemy Matriarchs \u003c\/i\u003etells the stories of two very different women. When their paths cross, neither fully appreciates the other, and neither can recognize the inner strength they have in common. It will take a common enemy to bring them together-and help change traditional Ugandan society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67855031107807,"sku":"9780991848713","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sFGTWNgms19780991848713.webp?v=1790866342"},{"product_id":"the-girls-take-control-paperback","title":"The Girls Take Control - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the sequel to Frenemy Matriarchs. Merab and Ruth have retired, and both businesses are failing without them. Leah wants Merab's restaurant to stay open, but it is losing money and she is not equipped to save it. Although Ruth's home furnishings boutique is still profitable, its performance is declining, and Herbert is not interested in running it. The matriarchs' granddaughters, Babirye, Nakato and Hellen, have their own busy careers and family responsibilities, but decide they need to step in to save the family's businesses and protect the family's wealth. The granddaughters have still more serious problems to solve when a wave of shocking discoveries threatens to break the family apart. Will they be able to save the family from disintegrating? Geoffrey Kiggundu has created an absorbing story of a family in crisis-The Girls Take Control is a lively, lovingly portrayed tale of an accomplished and complicated Ugandan family, and shows an older generation, complacent about its legacy, gradually letting the younger generation save it, and the useful lessons both parents and their adult children learn along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67855051718879,"sku":"9780991848737","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/R2eK9ACvOn9780991848737.webp?v=1790866368"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/geoffrey-kiggundu.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}