In the heart of New York City, Pastor Musumba – an earnest Ugandan clergyman – believes he has found divine love in Sugar Rains, a spirited African-American woman with a mysterious past. But just as their love story grows, a shocking and late discovery shatters the pastor’s plans: Though Sugar Rains is American, she is of Baganda ancestry and belongs to the same ndiga clan as him. Their totem is the sheep (ndiga). In the eyes of tradition, culture and Ugandan law, Sugar Rains is his sister! Rooted in an ancient taboo, it is abominable, immoral, unethical and uncustomary among the Baganda for him to marry her. It is also illegal according to the landmark 2006 High Court of Uganda ruling in Bruno L. Kiwuwa v Ivan Serunkuma & Juliet Namazzi (HCCS 52/2006), that set a precedent banning same-clan marriages among members of the Baganda tribe. Torn between ancestral customs and modern identity, Pastor Musumba faces a gut-wrenching choice: Abandon the love of his life or risk spiritual disgrace, cultural exile and legal retribution. His dilemma is heightened by the fact that Sugar Rains sees herself not as a daughter of Buganda, but as African-American, untouched by tribal codes. Must she surrender her love to a tradition she has never known? Or will their love prove stronger than bloodlines? Find out in this thrilling novel by Gerald Kateu.
The Ugandans Abroad (Book 1)
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Author: Gerald Kateu
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