Hanged — Byoma Twesigye S

This brutal story about a boy growing up in Uganda and surviving the numerous threats on his life - including hanging - is told in realistic terms by an author from Uganda.Hanged is fictitious, but its cruel realities could have easily happened. Munanura is a boy born to a poor family in rural western Uganda, too poor to even own a pair of shoes. His tribe was considered minor, and the boy was despised and abused. But his charisma knew no bounds.Although not handsome, beautiful girls adore him. While trying to save a woman from rape by government soldiers, Munanura is captured and set to hang. His girlfriends, Peace and Mbabazi, put aside their rivalry to grab him from the hangman's rope, just as the knot is about to be tightened around his neck. Munanura also saves a Catholic nun, Kasarina, from a soldier before she can be defiled. Circumstances push Munanura and Kasarina together, resulting in her pregnancy, so the two wed.His life is a web of death and deceit, entangled in the underbelly of Uganda's violent regimes. But the women in his life make it all bearable.About the Author: Byoma Twesigye S. grew up in western Uganda and now lives in Uganda's capital city, Kampala. He wrote this book to expose the history of his country, where life revolves on class and hinges on religion and gender. "It was a way of life where man killing man, man torturing man, man robbing man, man enslaving man, was the norm of the day." Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/Hanged.html