The First Woman | Ottawa Afrocentric Book Club Meeting

In The First Woman, we follow the headstrong Kirabo growing up in rural Uganda. She is surrounded by strong women – her grandmother, numerous aunts, and her best friend – but she feels the loss of a mother she never knew. Who is the woman who brought her into the world? Although her family tries in vain to prevent her, Kirabo goes off in search of answers. The search brings her to Nsuuta, a woman living outside the community, who not only tells her more about her missing mother, but also swap stories with her. She teaches Kirabo that the rebellious power within her is evidence of ‘the first woman’. The first woman who was independent and free, but has had to adapt for centuries.