Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire
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Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire

Political Thought and Historical Imagination in Africa

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Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire

Political Thought and Historical Imagination in Africa

About this book

Colonial Buganda was one of the most important and richly documented kingdoms in East Africa. In this book, Jonathon L. Earle offers the first global intellectual history of the Kingdom, using a series of case studies, interviews and previously inaccessible private archives to offer new insights concerning the multiple narratives used by intellectuals. Where previous studies on literacy in Africa have presupposed 'sacred' or 'secular' categories, Earle argues that activists blurred European epistemologies as they reworked colonial knowledge into vernacular debates about kingship and empire. Furthermore, by presenting Catholic, Muslim and Protestant histories and political perspectives in conversation with one another, he offers a nuanced picture of the religious and social environment. Through the lives, politics, and historical contexts of these African intellectuals, Earle presents an important argument about the end of empire, making the reader rethink the dynamics of political imagination and historical pluralism in the colonial and postcolonial state.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781108417051
eBook ISBN
9781108271721
Topic
History
Subtopic
African History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Imprints page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Abbreviations: Archives and Private Papers
  11. Maps
  12. Introduction: Power and History Writing in Colonial Buganda
  13. 1 Ignatius K. Musazi: Powerful Kings and Colonial Economies, c. 1905–c. 1949
  14. 2 Eridadi M.K. Mulira: Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship, c. 1909–c. 1949
  15. 3 Eridadi M.K. Mulira: Buganda’s Status in Uganda, c. 1953–c. 1959
  16. 4 Abubakar K. Mayanja: Pluralism and Islamic Political Thought, c. 1844–c. 1962
  17. 5 Benedicto K.M. Kiwanuka: Justice and Catholic Dissent, c. 1879–c. 1962
  18. Conclusion: Textual Production and Historical Imagination in Postcolonial Buganda
  19. Glossary and Orthography
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. African Studies Series