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Pillars of the Nation: Child Citizens and Ugandan National Development
How can children simultaneously be the most important and least powerful people in a nation? In her innovative ethnography of Ugandan children—the pillars of tomorrow’s Uganda, according to the national youth anthem—Kristen E. Cheney answers this question by exploring the daily contradictions children face as they try to find their places amid the country’s rapidly changing social conditions.
Drawing on the detailed life histories of several children, Cheney shows that children and childhood are being redefined by the desires of a young country struggling to position itself in the international community. She moves between urban schools, music festivals, and war zones to reveal how Ugandans are constructing childhood as an empowering identity for the development of the nation. Moreover, through her analysis of children’s rights ideology, national government strategy, and children’s everyday concerns, Cheney also shows how these young citizens are vitally linked to the global political economy as they navigate the pitfalls and possibilities for a brighter tomorrow. (20060927).
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Uganda's Katakiro in England (Exploring Travel)
In 1902, Sir Apolo Kagwa, the chief Minister and Principle Regent of the Kingdom of Buganda, and his secretary, Ham Mukasa, arrived in Britain for the coronation of King Edward VII. This book, first published in 1904, is the remarkable record of the journey made by these two men into the heart of empire. It provides a view not only of the nature of the colonial relationship as it appeared to colonized subjects, but it also raises intriguing questions about the role of indigenous elites in the making of colonial culture. It also questions the function of the travel narrative in the constitution of the relationship between the metropolitan center and the colonial margin. The age of imperialism has come to be known as the great age of travel and much has been written about how British writers, administrators, and adventurers travelled to colonial outposts in order to define their relationship to their country and their cultures. However, little attention has been paid to the select number of colonial subjects who made journeys to Britain. This edition has a new introduction which provides a historical and theoretical context for understanding Buganda in the culture of colonialism. The notes help contemporary readers obtain a sense of the questions that concerned the African travellers as they made their way through Britain. .
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Women in African Economies-From Burning Sun to Boardroom. Business Ventures and Investment Patterns of 74 Ugandan Women
Women in African Economies cuts across the many sectors of the national economy, reaching from a woman who sells her surplus beans and maize in the village market to one who creates an international air frieght business. A broad review of the informal sector and women's participation in Africa's and Uganda's economic life is followed by a history of the surge of women's entrepreneurship during times of civil unrest, and women's political activism after 1986. Many of the business women are contending with globalization's competitive effects and with the structural adjustment programs urged on their government by donors. "Snyder succeeds in making at least one type of 'women's work' visible - those economic activities and contributions that are sofrequently ignored. In allowing the Ugandan women entrepreneurs to tell their own stories - of challenges, hard work, disappointment and sweet success - she lets the truth speak for itself. Her book is a compelling disclosure of both truth and myth concerning women in African economies" says Dr Hilda Tadria, Regional Advisor on Economic Empowerment of Women at the UNECA. The central thesis of the study is that as women create wealth and invest it in human well being, they broaden (democratize) their country's economic base. In so doing, they offer a new, non-western model of development. By boosting women's entrepreneurship with positive policies and actions, policy makers and international investors can counter poverty while giving the world an economic justice and growth model..
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Ugandan Society Observed
Kevin O'Connor is an acclaimed newspaper columnist in Uganda. His column, "The Roving Eye", first appeared in 1994 in Sunday Vision and continues in Sunday Monitor His philosophy is that "for the observer of human behaviour, every scene has its interest". Thoughtful, provocative and sometimes humorous, this selection of 111 columns not only informs and entertains, it provides a panoramic snapshot of Uganda and its society. Topics covered are general and sexual orientation, sex and love, bazungu (foreigners) and aid, the environment, religion, language, sport, music, education, media, poverty and inequality, health, tobacco, and a pot pourri of thirteen other columns. Every column is enlivened by cartoons by Moses Balagadde, a noted Ugandan cartoonist. Kevin O'Connor is British and a Ugandan resident, and has worked and lived in Uganda for many years. He previously worked for the British Council, and is now also an accomplished volunteer athletics coach..
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A Visit from the Leopard: Memories of a Ugandan Childhood
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The Ugandan Letters of Seamus Crowe
In 2004, Seamus Crowe stepped off a plane and felt the Ugandan soil beneath his feet for the first time. As a devout Christian, he had leapt at the chance to teach in a small Ugandan village - a way to spread the Word and, more importantly, to offer his services to those less fortunate than himself. In this series of letters home, Crowe recounts his experiences: the hardships and the joyous rewards. From touching and often very entertaining anecdotes about the children he works with, to horrifying tales of the dangers faced by the people of this country of contrasts, Ugandan Letters presents a fascinating glimpse into a culture entirely different from life in Britain..
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