Book
Revolution and revolt in Bunyoro-Kitara: two studies
Longman Uganda Ltd. • [kampala] Uganda • Published In 1970 • Pages: 66
By: Uzoigwe, G. N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This volume contains two papers. The first is on military and state organization under the rular Kabalega (1869-1897). The second article is on Nyangire revolt of 1907. A major innovation of Kabalega was to establish a standing army, the ABARUSURA, made up of indigenous troops and foreign mercenaries. The army gave Kabalega power over the aristocracy and enabled Kabalega to restore the fortunes and prestige of Bunyoro. The British considered the Nyangire revolt as a revolt against the Ganda chiefs that the British placed in control of Bunyoro. However, according to Uzoigwe, the revolt was against British overule and drew it inspiration from the heroic resistance of Kabalega, the decade before. The revolt was not violent and although many of the particpants were jailed or exiled, it did force the British to reconsider their policy of installing Uganda chiefs as administrators in Bunyoro.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Territorial hierarchy
- Districts
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Political movements
- Military organization
- Discipline and morale
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1862-1907
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Western Province, Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. N. Uzoigwe
- Revised versions of 2 papers originally presented at the University of East Africa Social Sciences Council Conference at Makerere, 1968 and Nairobi, 1969
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74153818
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyoro (African people)