‘The First Woman’ by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is the second novel from the award winning author. The novel tells the story of young Kirabo, who is being raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. Kirabo is surrounded by adoring adults and has plenty of attention but she is lacking is the one thing that she wants most of all – the knowledge of her mother. In order to learn the truth about her mother, Kirabu seeks out the help of a woman considered as a witch and from her she learns the mythology of her people. A mythology that teaches her about the feminist side to the Ugandan stories. At it’s heart, ‘The First Woman’ is a feminist interpretation of these old Ugandan origin tales. An usual and beautiful story. Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC and opportunity to read this book.