When the African kingdom of Bunyoro announced it was to sue Britain for colonial abuses, officials on two continents scurried to consult century-old records of a forgotten corner of Uganda. At a time of renewed interest in the Britains colonial past, this book tells how Bunyoro's famous fighting king, Kabalega, put up a determined resistance to the incoming British. Bunyoro's reward, after the inevitable conquest, was decades of discrimination the effects of which are still felt. Index, bib, 148pp, UK . ITURI PUBLICATIONS.

Colonial rule triggered rapid population growth in most of Africa. Why then did Bunyoro suffer exceptionally low levels of fertility and high levels of mortality right through the colonial period? The crucial event was the invasion of Bunyoro by British forces in 1893. By 1899, when her resistance was finally broken, much of Bunyoro's best rangeland had been transferred to her neighbours, and what remained of the kingdom was largely depopulated and overrun by disease-bearing insects and game. As a consequence of this ecological disaster Bunyoro had the lowest livestock levels in colonial East Africa. The lack of livestock lay at the heart of the problems of malnutrition, low marriage rates, poverty and emigration that, in combination with high rates of sexually transmitted diseases, obstructed Bunyoro's demographic recovery for half a century. This book addresses a number of issues of contemporary relevance. It considers the conflict between traditional African rulers and the modern state, the relationship between demography and environmental change, the history of the STDs, and the impact of cash-cropping on rural inequality. Index, bib, tables, maps, b/w illus, 278pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Today's development agenda is ever more focused on results. This book raises questions about how results and outcomes are evaluated, and reflects on notions of 'success' in colonial and contemporary development policy. The first part of the book examines colonial attempts in Kigezi, in south-western Uganda, to introduce cash crops, soil conservation practices, and tenure reforms. Throughout these chapters the dominant theme concerns the enduring charac-ter of smallholder farming conducted in the context of wider economic possibilities. The second part of the book explores broader changes in Kigezi, with two restudies of colonial research. Index, bib, apps, charts, 258pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Tells how one of Africa's most advanced kingdom's was swallowed into Britain's empire in its Victorian heyday. The book argues that the Christian churches that are the legacy of the early missionaries have become authentically African, but in business and trade, Western exploitation has not gone away. Index, bib, map, 215pp, UK. ITURI PUBLICATIONS. 095364300X

A new interpretation of British colonialism in Uganda, specifically during the period shortly before and after the Second World War. The author uses new data and sources to remodel the image of British and Ugandan relations. Index, refs, notes, 366pp, UGANDA, 9970023942

Lying on the boundary between the lowland forests of the Congo basin and West Africa and the savannahs of East Africa, Uganda's forests and their management are of particular interest in the field of tropical forestry and ecological management of an environment. Tables, ix, 169pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, 0850927579

A study of the creation of Uganda and the role of Semei Kakanguru. Index, notes, 310pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS 0852557027

A history combining oral traditions and myths in order to illuminate the development of the pre colonial kingdom of Buganda. Index, bib, notes, map, xv, 293pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0521894352

Offers a complete historical picture of women's work in Uganda, tracing its development from pre-colonial times into the present and future. Setting these economic activities into a broader political, social, and cultural context, it provides the first general account of women's experiences amidst the changes that shaped the country. Prior to the 1970s relatively few Ugandan women brought in their own income, despite producing most of the food and craftwork that was taken to local markets. Educational expansion in the 1950s and 1960s were years of gradual evolution for women and their work, with many employed as lower level teachers or nurses. Since the 1970s there have been a number of dramatic changes which have led to many more women earning their own income: high mortality of men from conflict and HIV/AIDS, increased migration of women into urban areas, the collapse of the state-controlled economy and the emergence of a magendo economy, the development of a free market economy within a system of global capitalism, deepening poverty through Structural Adjustment Programmes, and the expansion of women's roles in many areas. Index, bib, apps, maps, 308pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.