The Song We Hear in the Mutooma Tree

Abstract

Set in early 16th century Nkore Kingdom (today Ankole in south western Uganda), The Song We Hear in the Mutooma Tree is a thesis novel that follows the disappearance of an eight-year-old boy, Himbisa, from his home in Buhungiro and the life he lives with a Bahima family, under the parenthood of two homosexual fathers, Keitirima and Kahinda, and a matriarch. As well, the novel follows the spiritual and emotional journey of the boy’s mother Mahoro as she searches for her son.