Upon This Mountain by Timothy Wangusa Paperback Book 9781035900886

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 UgandaMwambu 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