Timothy Wangusa Upon This Mountain Paperback Book

In this comingofage story, Timothy Wangusa tells the tale of a young boy struggling to reconcile between his Christian beliefs and his villages ancient traditions. Upon this Mountain captures a time of profound religious change and colonialism in rural Uganda. Mwambu, a schoolboy living in eastern Uganda, is certain that if heaven is anywhere, it must be at the highest peak of their villages mountain so he is shocked to discover that his father has never tried to reach it. While on a quest to climb to the top, Mwambu finds himself on a journey of selfrealisation, confronted with the contradictions of his childhood. As the values of Christianity collide with the traditions of his ancestors, the path to adulthood becomes increasingly treacherous... | Timothy Wangusa Upon This Mountain Paperback Book