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My Sister Biira by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

4 Extra Debut. Aunty Flower is dumped in an asylum but retrieved by her family and returned to Uganda. Read by Babirye Bukilwa.

Aunty Flower is dumped in an asylum but retrieved by her family and returned to Uganda.

But it's only when Aunty Flower sets eyes on Biira that there is lucidity in her eyes...

Short story written by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.

Read by Babirye Bukilwa.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer.

In 2014 she won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story, Let's Tell This Story Properly, and her debut novel, Kintu was published in 2018.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Apr 2026 05:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Fri 21 Dec 2018 15:45
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  • Sun 23 Dec 2018 00:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Apr 2026 15:45
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  • Fri 10 Apr 2026 21:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 11 Apr 2026 05:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra