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Black Poachers, White Hunters
A study of hunting and poaching during the colonial era in Kenya. In 1977 the Kenyan government banned all hunting, whether by sportsmen or Kenyan Africans, in response to the …
Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda
This study tells the story of Buganda's society, economy and culture. Buganda was one of the most favoured of East Africa's inter-lacustrine kingdoms. Blessed with fertile and …
Remapping Ethiopia
A sequel to The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia. This new volume examines the major changes effected by the socialist regime from the revolution of 1974 to its overthrow in …
Crisis and Decline in Bunyoro
Examines one society's reaction to a period of prolonged, rapid population decline, a trauma that seems likely to become ever more common in African in years to come. Colonial rule …
East African Expressions of Christianity
Emphasises the important role of Christianity in contemporary Africa. This history examines, through case studies, the ways in which African chatechists, evangelists and …
Jua Kali Kenya
Rich and informative study of the informal economy in Kenya. During the 1980s the term jua kali (Kiswahili for 'hot sun') came to refer to anybody working in self-employment in …
Eroding the Commons
Understanding colonial ideologies is central to understanding development across Africa. Colonial Baringo was in many respects an unexceptional place, a backwater in the semi-arid …
African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya 1900-50
This is the most interesting general Kenyan social history that I have had the pleasure to read for many years. It fills a large gap in the colonial history of Kenyan women as they …
Decolonization and Independence in Kenya, 1940-93
Kenyan historians chart Kenya's post-independence years. In this text, a group of Kenyan historians provide an analysis of the history of the 30 years since Kenya's independence in …
Developing Uganda
This volume assesses Uganda's recovery since Museveni came to power in 1986. Uganda's recovery has been one of the heartening achievements in a continent where the media have given …
Uganda Now
Essential overview of Uganda's National Resistance Movement's desperate inheritance. Uganda's recovery has been remarkable, but when this book was being written, Museveni's …