The social origins of violence in Uganda, 1964-1985 / A.B.K. Kasozi ; with the assistance and collaboration of Nakanyike Musisi and James Mukooza Sejjengo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kasozi, A. B. K. (Abdu Basajabaka Kawalya), 1942-

Contributor:

Musisi, Nakanyike.

Sejjengo, James Mukooza, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Uganda--History--20th century.

Violence.

Social conflict--Uganda--History--20th century.

Social conflict.

Uganda--Social conditions--1971-1979.

Uganda.

Uganda--Social conditions--1979-.

Uganda--Politics and government--1962-1971.

Uganda--Politics and government--1971-1979.

Uganda--Politics and government--1979-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a convincing causal model of violence, Kasozi attributes the major causes of violence in Uganda to social inequality, the failure to develop legitimate conflict resolution mechanisms, and factors that have influenced the domain and patterns of conflict in that society (such as lack of a common language, religious sectarianism, vigilante justice, and gender inequality). He concludes the study by drawing comparisons with neighbouring countries and offering some prescriptions for alleviating the violence. Kasozi was assisted by Nakanyike Musisi and James Mukooza Sejjengo, who participated in the research on this book. The Social Origins of Violence in Uganda is one of the most thorough and comprehensive analyses of the causes, levels, and incidence of more than two decades of violence in Uganda.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Maps

Abbreviations and Glossary

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Legacy of Violence

Precolonial and Colonial Uganda

Inequality and Violence in Uganda

From Nakulabye to Namugongo

From a Negotiated to an Imposed Constitution, 1962–66

From a Civilian to a Military Dictatorship, 1966–71

Idi Amin and the Politics of Survival, 1971–79

Weak Governments and Social Chaos, 1979–85

Four and One-Half Years of Brute Violence, 1980–85

Civil War, 1981–85

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendices

The Language Debate

Buwunga Subcounty: A Case Study of the Impact of Violence on a Local Community

Some of the Massacres under the Military Commission and Obote’s Regime, 1980–84

Some of the Victims of Amin’s Years of Terror, 1971-79

A Few of Those Reported Killed during Obote’s Second Regime, 1981–85*

Some of the Detainees at Luzira Gazetted by Ugandan Authorities

Memorandum of Uganda’s Religious Leaders to Obote, August 1981*

Letter of the Leader of the Opposition to the President of Atrocities*

Memorandum from the Chairman of the National Resistance Movement to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers and Haeads of Government*

Public Statement by Uganda’s Ambassador to the Scandinavian Countries, Ibrahim Mukiibi

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Errata slip tipped in.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-338) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85705-3

9786612857058

0-7735-6487-X

OCLC:

614479691