An extended piece on the British colonial state mostly focused on the 1940s, arguably the most neglected decade in the study of Ugandas colonial history. The argument at its centre is that the Second World War exposed the central and abiding boundaries of British power; and laid bare the basic truth that the colonial state was inadequate and lacking in the necessary knowledge and imagination to adjust to the demands of the new global context. It further shows how the war transformed conditions of relative African co-operation and acquiescence, and British-Ugandan collaborative economic...
An extended piece on the British colonial state mostly focused on the 1940s, arguably the most neglected decade in the study of Ugandas colonial histo...
The concepts of democracy and good governance have been at the centre of criticism of governments all over the world. What democracy entails, however, has never been agreed, most notably on the African continent. African politicians who have been criticised for reigning over 'undemocratic' regimes have insisted that the West judges them by criteria that don't apply to African circumstances. Is there such a thing as African democracy? Informed and intrigued by two events that happened in different eras, in different countries, Gardner Thompson has written an in-depth historical examination of...
The concepts of democracy and good governance have been at the centre of criticism of governments all over the world. What democracy entails, however,...
