Book
A history of Buganda from the foundation of the kingdom to 1900
Africana Pub. Corp. • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula.
Abstract
Kiwanuka has written a political history of the Buganda kingdom, beginning with a critical assessment of historical sources and theories. The author focuses on the 150 years prior to British overrule (1900), when the kingdom reached its zenith, and was later beset by various European and Islamic powers. In the 1890s, the kingdom suffered a series of religious wars among Moslem, Protestant and Catholic factions, which the author has recast into a political contest between progressive and conservative, and imperialist and nationalist interests. The author offers a new assessment of key players in this transformative period, including those of king Mwanga, prime minister Apolo Kaggwa, and F.D. Lugard, an agent of the Imperial British East Africa Company. He reveals how the smaller but tenacious Protestant faction eventually prevailed, with aid from various British agents, to become Buganda's new ruling elite. The appendices include a copy of The Uganda Agreement of 1900.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field Date
- 1963
- Coverage Date
- 1200-1900
- Coverage Place
- Uganda
- Notes
- [by] M. S. M. Semakula Kiwanuka
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-316)
- LCCN
- 75180672
- LCSH
- Ganda (African people)