For four decades, Makerere University was the sole university-level institution in all East Africa. A mecca for aspiring youth, it trained many of the first generation of intellectual and political leaders, including the present presidents of Kenya and Tanzania. This is the first comprehensive look at an African university, and tells the story of its colonial beginnings, its efflorescence during the 1950s and 1960s, its calamitous decline during nearly two decades of tyranny and civil war, and its resurgence following the restoration of peace and relative stability. Throughout this history, Makerere has grappled with the fundamental question asked in this book: how to create a truly African university in an increasingly globalized world. Index, bib, chronology, apps, 416pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Traces the history and evolution of one of East Africa’s most prestigious schools through the first 100 years of its existence, from its missionary roots through its place in the Kingdom of Buganda, to the widening of the admissions policy to accept pupils from all areas of Uganda and beyond, and finally, the shift to coeducation. Celebrates the successes of the Budo project and the extraordinary range of high-level men and women it has produced, and analyses the administrative and political problems the schools has had to grapple with over the years. 420pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

This exploratory research from Uganda is part of a three part study conducted in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, focusing on the provision and teaching of life skills in primary schools. Also discusses how the processes of sexual maturation for both boys and girls are handled in schools and at home. Index, notes, tables, 186pp, ZIMBABWE. WEAVER PRESS, 1779220286

2003 Paperback

A case study of higher education provision in Uganda. The authors look at the economic hardships faced by Makerere University since the 1970s and the bold reforms of the 1990s which have changed governance, finance, curricula and staffing. Refs, apps, notes, xiii, 103pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852554265

Examines the role that social capital and school climate play in creating learning readiness among Universal Primary Education pupils and how the latter (learning readiness or motivation) impacts on school achievement. 144pp, ETHIOPIA. OSSREA.

A case study of market-based reforms at Uganda's Makerere University, which the World Bank heralded as the model for the transformation of higher education in Africa. Begun in the 1990s, it was based on the premise that higher education is more of a private than a public good. Instead of pitting the public against the private, and the state against the market, Mamdani shifts the terms of the debate toward a third alternative that explores different relations between the two. He distinguishes between privatisation and commercialisation, two processes that drove the Makerere reform, and argues that whereas privatisation is compatible with a public niversity where priorities are publicly set, commercialisation (financial and administrative autonomy for each faculty to design a market-responsive curriculum) inevitably leads to a market determination of priorities in a public university. More broadly, the Makerere case exemplifies the fate of public universities in a market-oriented and capital friendly era. 316pp, SENEGAL. CODESRIA.

Provides a historical analysis of the role of student voices in the development of Uganda's higher education. It not only chronicles incidents of student protests, but also explores and analyses their trigger points as well as the strategies employed by the university, the government, and the students to manage or resolve those crises. 144pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

A study of the current situation in higher education in Uganda. The author looks at the rapid expansion of the last twenty years and the opportunities and prospects faced by the universities. Index, bib, app, tables, 190pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.