Colonial Buganda was one of the most important and richly documented kingdoms in East Africa. In this book, Jonathon L. Earle offers the first global intellectual history of the Kingdom, using a series of case studies, interviews and previously inaccessible private archives to offer new insights concerning the multiple narratives used by intellectuals. Where previous studies on literacy in Africa have presupposed 'sacred' or 'secular' categories, Earle argues that activists blurred European epistemologies as they reworked colonial knowledge into vernacular debates about kingship and empire. Furthermore, by presenting Catholic, Muslim and Protestant histories and political perspectives in conversation with one another, he offers a nuanced picture of the religious and social environment. Through the lives, politics, and historical contexts of these African intellectuals, Earle presents an important argument about the end of empire, making the reader rethink the dynamics of political imagination and historical pluralism in the colonial and postcolonial state.
| ISBN: | 9781108404365 |
| Publication date: | 13th February 2020 |
| Author: | Jonathon L Centre College, Danville, Kentucky Earle |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 299 pages |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Genres: |
African history History of ideas Colonialism and imperialism Social and cultural history |
Colonial Buganda was one of the most important and richly documented kingdoms in East Africa. In this book, Jonathon L. Earle offers the first global intellectual history of the Kingdom, using a series of case studies, interviews and previously inaccessible private archives to offer new insights concerning the multiple narratives used by intellectuals. Where previous studies on literacy in Africa have presupposed 'sacred' or 'secular' categories, Earle argues that activists blurred European epistemologies as they reworked colonial knowledge into vernacular debates about kingship and empire. Furthermore, by presenting Catholic, Muslim and Protestant histories and political perspectives in conversation with one another, he offers a nuanced picture of the religious and social environment. Through the lives, politics, and historical contexts of these African intellectuals, Earle presents an important argument about the end of empire, making the reader rethink the dynamics of political imagination and historical pluralism in the colonial and postcolonial state.
Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire features in the following genres: African history, History of ideas, Colonialism and imperialism, Social and cultural history
Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire is available in Paperback, Hardback
Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire was written by Jonathon L Centre College, Danville, Kentucky Earle and published by Cambridge University Press
Colonial Buganda and the End of Empire has 299 pages
Yes it is part of African Studies series
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