| The Rwenzururu Movement in Uganda: Struggling for Recognition Contributor(s): Doornbos, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367594277 ISBN-13: 9780367594275 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Political Science | World - African - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 967.610 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a comprehensive account and analysis of the Rwenzururu movement in Western Uganda. The movement began in the 1960s in the Rwenzori region of Toro District, and was a protest by the minority Bakonzo and Baamba ethnic groups against their continued discrimination and incorporation in the Batoro-dominated kingdom-district. In the course of the years this movement experienced various significant transformations, and in the end came to demand recognition of Rwenzururu's claimed semi-traditional kingship within Uganda. Martin Doornbos illuminates how the Rwenzururu came to life. He documents and analyses the transformations that the movement has undergone, and shows how the Ugandan government responded to, and eventually accepted, the movement while igniting continuing enmity and violence in the process. |