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In her fiction debut, Doreen Baingana follows a Ugandan girl as she navigates the uncertain terrain of adolescence. Set mostly in pastoral Entebbe with stops in the cities Kampala and Los Angeles, Tropical Fish depicts the reality of life for Christine Mugisha and her family after Idi Amin’s... read more
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I was once a child, growing up in Entebbe, spending most of my time with Rusi, the housegirl, especially during the holidays.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Doreen Baingana (Author)
Awards edit
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2006: Africa)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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