12 March 2018
A Manchester-based author whose debut novel was initially rejected by British publishers has won one of the world's richest literary prizes.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - who's from Uganda and moved to the UK 17 years ago - has won one of the Windham Campbell Prizes from Yale University in the US.
She will receive $165,000 (£119,000). "I haven't been earning for a long, long time," she says.
"I really put everything into writing. So for this to happen is unbelievable."
