Ebook: Imperialism and revolution in Uganda

This book provides a rare opportunity for an inside view of the turbulent politics of Uganda. Professor Nabudere has been an active participant in the politics of that country for many years.

The author's attempt to come to terms with the continuing crisis which faces Uganda takes him first to the precolonial societies whose inner contradictions helped imperialism to subjugate them. He then traces the development of colonialism and the often heroic resistance to it. The post-Independence period is divided into two phases, the civilian dictatorship under Obote, and the military dictatorship of Amin.

‘Amin governed for imperialism’, the author argues, and his analysis provides ample evidence of imperialism's continuing grip on the Ugandan economy even while the Western press were denouncing Amin's reign of terror.