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Yoweri Museveni battled to power in 1986 and his government impressed many observers, some of whom recommended it as a model for other African states struggling to develop their resources in the best interests of their people. But where was change to start and how was it to continue in order to resolve the dilemmas facing Uganda? North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain PublishersBR> ... Read more

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Most concise political history of Uganda available
This book is good for the student who wants a quick overview of Uganda history from 1960 to 1990.Mutibwa writes a good brief history of Ugandan colonial history and avoids political bias in his discussions of the governments of Milton Obote, Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni.He draws upon unpublished material and his own experience in government plus a range of secondary material to provide the reader with a well-written and concise book.

Yet I do have some complaints about the book.First, while Mutibwa presents an astute analysis of political intrigue and debates in Kampala, he fails to give enough time to social history, especially to the vast majority of the Ugandan population that lives in rural areas.Second, he spends too little time on the economic history of Uganda, neglecting such important events as Amin's economic war in the '70s and Obote's structural adjustment program in the early '80s.Third, he fails to utilize the works of such Ugandan experts as EA Brett, HB Hansen, Kenneth Ingham Dan Mudoola and TV Sathyamurthy in his analyses.Finally, while no fault of Mutibwa, this book is now ten years old, making it unsuitable for the student interested in a history of the NRM.

The above reservations aside, however, this book is still a good read for the average reader.

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Global Amin
Fascism is often portrayed as an error in history, born out of desperate conditions and a weak social fabric.Richard Rubenstein, in THE CUNNING OF HISTORY, cautions against reading the Nazi rise as a freak accident, and attempts to frame it as developing logically from the course of capitalism. Mahmood Mamdani cautions us against seeing fascism in Uganda as a result of the individual, Idi Amin.Instead, he sees Idi Amin himself as a product of the specific conditions of the country at the time, which arose from a specific historical context, colonialism.He argues that fascism was supported by a continuation of colonialist thought even after Independence, thus the title which associates imperialism and fascism.Mamdani writes a brief but extremely insightful analysis of the foreign influences which shaped Uganda from the perspective of dependency theory.He argues that Amin was a social, political, and economic phenomenon constructed not just by Uganda, but with the help of the British, the US, and the Soviet Union. ... Read more

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An extended piece on the British colonial state mostly focused on the 1940s, arguably the most neglected decade in the study of Uganda's colonial history. The argument at its centre is that the Second World War exposed the central and abiding boundaries of British power; and laid bare the basic truth that the colonial state was inadequate and lacking in the necessary knowledge and imagination to adjust to the demands of the new global context. It further shows how the war transformed conditions of relative African co-operation and acquiescence, and British-Ugandan collaborative economic relationships. The author's thesis is that there is a line of continuity from the colonial state as exposed by the Second World War, to the notorious fragility of the Ugandan state after independence, to the present Museveni regime. He suggests that a useful perspective may be to consider how African society impacted on British rule - besides the usual consideration of the impact of colonialism - and that it may no longer be accurate to consider the colonial period as a historical discontinuity. The author draws further parallels between the similarities of the Ugandan regime of the 1950s and the Museveni governmemt, proposing that a better understanding of this period may shed light on the crux of the problems of present-day government in Uganda. The author is Academic Vice-Principal and Head of the History Department at Dulwich College, London. ... Read more

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Uganda's recovery has been one of the heartening achievements in a continent where the media have given intense coverage to disasters. This text assesses whether the reality lives up to the image which has so impressed the donors. It incorporates the influential Roskilde series of meetings between Ugandans, academics and officials of international organizations. The success of the reforms so far is considered, as are the future prospects. North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers ... Read more

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'Developing' Uganda?
Those familiar with H. B. Hansen and M. Twaddle's series of books dealing with Uganda's politics, economy, society and international relations will not be disappointed with 'Developing Uganda'. If you are not familiar with this series but have an academic or more practical interest in this key state in Eastern Africa then it will serve as an excellent, although indepth, introduction.

'Developing Uganda' is an edited volume with contributions from academics and policy makers based in Africa, Europe and the US. The content of the books' 20 chapters is very broad. It addresses a number of issues salient to contemporary Uganda from the power and influence of the World Bank/IMF and neoliberal reform, to new social movements and the role of NGOs, to issues of gender and AIDs.

However, those of a more progressive political persuasion may find the book a touch lacking. In fact, a previous book in the same series edited by Hansen and Twaddle, 'Changing Uganda' (1991), is far more inclusive of radical as well as establishment approaches and is, as a result, a more nuanced volume - although now a touch out of date. Nonetheless, within the text reviewed here the chapters by S. Dicklitch on NGOs, G. B. Tukahebwa on privatisation, I. Livingstone on industry, and V. Jamal on poverty are all excellent and insightful contributions.

Despite its faults, 'Developing Uganda' is definitely a recommended text. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs, published by Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs on May 1, 2009. The length of the article is 11760 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Uganda: current conditions and the crisis in north Uganda.(Congressional Research Service)(Report)
Author: Ted Dagne
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: May 1, 2009
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
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The author examines the life of Kakungulu and his role in the creation of the imperial state. Was this man regarded as 'a hero', 'a collaborator', or 'a warlord'? His story reveals the dilemma for a whole generation of East Africans at the turn of the nineteenth century. North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers ... Read more

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It is rare for a scholar to revisit the scene of earlier research with a view to evaluating how that research has stood up over time. Here David E Apter does that and more. In a lengthy new introductory chapter to this classic study of bureaucratic nationalism, he reviews the efficacy of the concepts in his original study of Uganda of almost a century ago, including some, such as consociationalism', which have entered into the mainstream of comparative politics. ... Read more

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Taking the case of Uganda, this book attempts to document the actual state of affairs with regard to ICTs in Africa. Uganda was one of the first African countries to liberalize the communications sector, which led to an explosion in access to mobile phones, the Internet and other advanced technologies. The country further developed a policy on universal access to set up a fund to support initiatives aiming to improve access to ICTs for poor and rural populations. ... Read more