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Catholicism, Politics, and Nationalism in Postcolonial Uganda - Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda Jonathon L. Earle and J. J. Carney. London: James Currey, 2021. Pp. 272. $85.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781847012401); $27.95, paperback (ISBN: 9781847013651); $24.95, ebook (ISBN: 9781787448025).

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Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda Jonathon L. Earle and J. J. Carney. London: James Currey, 2021. Pp. 272. $85.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781847012401); $27.95, paperback (ISBN: 9781847013651); $24.95, ebook (ISBN: 9781787448025).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2024

Christopher Muhoozi*
Affiliation:
Makerere University

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References

1 See: Karugire, S. R., The Roots of Instability in Uganda (Kampala: New Vision, 1988)Google Scholar; Kabwegyere, Tarsis B., The Politics of State Formation and Destruction in Uganda (Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 1995)Google Scholar; Mudoola, Dan M., Religion, Ethnicity and Politics in Uganda, 2nd ed. (Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 1996)Google Scholar; Lwanga-Lunyiigo, Samwiri, A History of the Democratic Party of Uganda. The First Thirty Years (1954-1984) (Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2015)Google Scholar.

2 In colonizing Uganda, the British used Buganda as their base and Baganda (the people of Buganda) as their agents. Ugandans opposed the Baganda chiefs, and it is this legacy of anger against Baganda (and Buganda) that the authors point out as one of the challenges to Kiwanuka's political mobilization work.

3 On Obote and UPC, see, Ginyera-Pinchwa, A. G. G., Apolo Milton Obote and His Times (New York: Nok, 1978).Google Scholar

4 See Mutibwa, Phares, The Buganda Factor in Uganda Politics (Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2008).Google Scholar

5 For a discussion of what has been termed “the north-south divide” see: Rupesinghe, Kumar, ed., Conflict Resolution in Uganda (London: James Currey, 1989)Google Scholar; Richard, Reid, A History of Modern Uganda (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017).Google Scholar