Her Husband's Crown

A Fascinating Exploration Of The Changing Face Of Social Customs And Gender Politics. Kirkus Reviews. Nansamba Is Married Off Aged Sixteen To Young Ggalabuzi From A Neighboring Village. It Is An Arranged Marriage In 1940S Rural Uganda And She Works Hard To Build A Prosperous Household Together With Her Easy-Going And Hardworking Husband. . Twelve Years Into The Marriage, Ggalabuzi Exercises His Male Right To Enter Into A Second Marriage Without Telling His Wife; And Does So With Her Younger Sister Mucwa. Nansamba Navigates This Hazardous Marital And Familial Road With Extraordinary Wisdom, Courage And Dignity. . At Twenty-Eight, Educated, City-Born Biiti Is Considered An Old Maid. Her Anxious Relatives Find Her A Rural Husband Past His Prime And With A Secret History. He Soon Destroys Their Marriage And She Abandons It To Become A Successful Businesswoman And Anchor Of Her Family.. For A Quarter Of A Century Relatives, Friends And In-Laws From Nansamba And Biitis Families Crisscross Each Others Lives And Create Much Drama And Many Children, Including Four Sets Of Twins.