 His first book, "The Burning Bush" (1970), depicts a herdsboy, Nakamwa-Ntette, whose narrative voice reveals the acuity of close observation.The major conflict in the novel is between Nakamwa-Ntette and the educated son of the village head and landlord.In "The Outcasts" (1971), Lubega presents the marginalised migrant Balaalo, despised by the dominant Baganda, for whom they herd cattle.