1960s Uganda: Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep everything away.

Present-day London: Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, thought he had it all – but he can’t escape an overwhelming sense of emptiness. When tragedy calls him back home,  Sameer finds himself caught between a future he’s always believed he wanted, and a past he struggles to accept. A past he cannot ignore…

Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is an immensely resonant novel that explores racial tensions, generational divides and what it means to find home.