A Concise History of South Sudan-New and Revised EditionBy:Anders Breidlid Release date:2014 Language:English
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A Green Place A Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th CenturyBy:David L. Schoenbrun Release date:1999 Language:English
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A History of AnkoleBy:H. F. Morris This book, which takes the history of the Banyankore from earliest legendary times to the year 1914, is the fi rst history of this region to be published in English. The material, much of which was originally published in various volumes of Uganda Journal, has been brought together in one volume for the fi rst time. <p> <b>About Author</b> <p> Dr H. F. Morris served for three years as a District Offi cer in Ankole, and studied the history and the language of the Banyankore. Morris is one of very few British officers who became thoroughly fluent in Runyankore. His profound knowledge of the language made his work in this field easier and enabled him to speak freely and to understand all verbal accounts of past events and history of the period up to 1890, which were given to him by elderly Banyankore who were proud to remember them and to pass them on. Release date:2007 Language:English
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A History of the Kingdom of Ankole in Western Uganda to 1896By:Samwiri Rubaraza Karugire The traditional kingdom of Nkore, came into existence around the beginning of the sixteenth century and this book “A History of the Kingdom of Nkore in Western Uganda to 1896” is an attempt by Samwiri R. Karugire, to trace this history on the basis of accounts handed down until the coming of the Europeans during the last decade of the nineteenth century. The reader will discover that the study is not exclusively historical or political. Religious beliefs and practices, clan organization and other non-political aspects of Nkore society are examined in varying degrees. <p> <b>About Author</b> <p> Samwiri Rubaraza Karugire was born in Mbarara District. He has a PhD in African History obtained from the University of London. He was a lecturer and an academic Warden at Makerere University as an Executive Director of Makerere Institute of Social Research. And from the beginning of 1987, he served as Director General of the Customs & Excise Department of the Ministry of Finance. He died in 1992. Release date: Language:English
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A Picture History of UgandaBy:Fountain A Picture is worth a thousand words. It is this adage that constitutes the genesis of this picture history of Uganda. This book is a rich compilation of images portraying Uganda's various epochs. On one hand, it depicts a number of the activities, sites, institutions and personalities that have had an impact, in one way or the other, on the course of events in Uganda. On the other hand, it portrays ordinary people getting on with their lives, some egaged in activities that are no longer practiced or that are done quite differently today. This picture book will enable the reader to gain an important insight into Uganda's distant and recent past. Release date:2008 Language:English
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A Political History of UgandaBy:Samwiri Rubaraza Karugire This book is the first comprehensive account of the history of Uganda by a Ugandan scholar. It traces the origins of the country's history from as far back as the sixteenth century when it was first settled by the present inhabitants. From these half-mythical beginnings, supported by folklore, he then goes on to make an intensive analysis of the critical period of the colonization of the country. A major proportion of the book deals with an analysis of the religiopolitical polarization which started the, a knowledge of which is crucial to an understanding of Uganda's current political setup. <p> <b>About Author</b> <p> Samwiri Rubaraza Karugire was born in Mbarara District. He has a PhD in African History obtained from the University of London. He was a lecturer and an academic Warden at Makerere University as an Executive Director of Makerere Institute of Social Research. And from the beginning of 1987, he served as Director General of the Customs & Excise Department of the Ministry of Finance. He died in 1992. Release date:2010 Language:English
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A Thousand Years of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom: The People and its People and the RulersBy:Kihumuro Apuuli Release date:1994 Language:English
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