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Book review: Life and loss in 'Half Portraits Under Water'

Half Portraits Under Water by Dennis Mugaa. (Courtesy)

Twin sisters Olioma and Yagazie, one a poet and another a dancer, yearned to bond by taking pictures together at the beach. Even though Olioma would write poems as she watched Yagazie swirl her body, her sister wanted them to engage in a pastime together at the beach. The two went. Only one came back home alive.

Olioma is steeped in grief as she comes to terms with the loss of her sister from drowning. This short story, 'Half Portraits Under Water', is also the title of Dennis Mugaa's book.

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