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Bunyoro and the British: a reappraisal of the decline and fall of an African Kingdom
Journal of African history • 9 (4) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 603-619
By: Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Kiwanuka examines the reasons for Bunyoro's decline and fall. He considers federal structure, tribal wars, succession wars, economic life, introduction of firearms, leadership, and colonialism. Bunyoro was in a slow decline for much of its modern history, as the power of Buganda increased. However it appeared that under Kabarega (1869-1897), Bunyoro was experiencing a resurgence and was on the verge reclaiming its past territory and glory, until British intervention put an end to it. Kiwanuka argues whether Bunyoro was ever really strong enough to reassert itself even without British interference. Also he argues that the speculation that Kabarega might have reconciled himself to the British is mute, because British prestige was incumbent on destroying any resistance to colonialism, whatsoever.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Banyoro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. S. M. Kiwanuka
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyoro (African people)