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Author Peterson, Derek R., 1971- author.

Title Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival : a History of Dissent, C. 1935-1972 / Derek R. Peterson
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations
Series African Studies
African Studies
Contents Cover; Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Archives Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Pilgrims' Politics; GENEALOGIES OF CONVERSION; THE CULTURAL WORK OF PATRIOTISM; ARCHIVE STORIES; 2 The Infrastructure of Cosmopolitanism; BUNYAN IN EASTERN AFRICA; CONCLUSION; 3 Religious Movements in Southern Uganda; TOPOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL CULTURE IN KIGEZI; ESCHATOLOGY AS LIVED EXPERIENCE; THE POLITICS OF ETIQUETTE; THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY; CONCLUSION; 4 Civil Society in Buganda
MANNERS AND AGENCYOFFENSIVE POLITICS; HONOR AND SHAME IN BUGANDA'S REVIVAL; CONCLUSION; 5 Taking Stock: Conversion and Accountancy in Bugufi; HUSBANDS, WIVES, AND WORK; THE EVIDENCE OF CONVERSION; SELF-POSSESSION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS; CONCLUSION; 6 Patriotism and Dissent in Western Kenya; CONJUGAL ARGUMENT AND CULTURAL INNOVATION; LAND TENURE AND HISTORICAL THOUGHT; REVIVALISM AND DISSENT IN NYANZA; CONCLUSION; 7 The Cultural Work of Moral Reform in Northwestern Tanganyika; SHAME AND CONSERVATIVE REFORM IN BUKOBA; MAKING SOCIETY CIVIL; CONCLUSION; 8 Conversion and Court Procedure
CONVERSION AND LEGAL PRACTICEREVIVALISM ON THE FRONTIER; CONCLUSION; 9 The Politics of Autobiography in Central Kenya; TEXTUAL WORK AND POLITICAL IMAGINATION; CONVERSION AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CONCLUSION; 10 Confession, Slander, and Civic Virtue in Mau Mau Detention Camps; MAU MAU AND MORAL DISCIPLINE; CULTURAL WORK IN MAU MAU DETENTION CAMPS; CONFESSION, CONVERSION, AND HONOR; CONCLUSION; 11 Contests of Time in Western Uganda; CULTURE AND KINGSHIP IN TORO; A STATE OF MIND; BRINGING IN A NEW ERA; CONCLUSION; 12 Conclusion: Pilgrims and Patriots in Contemporary East Africa; Bibliography
Archives in UgandaUganda National Archives, Entebbe (UNA); Kabarole District Archives, Fort Portal (KabDA); Toro Government archives, Fort Portal (Muchwa); Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal archives, Virika Cathedral, Fort Portal (Virika); Church of Uganda Provincial Archives, Uganda Christian University, Mukono (CoU); Kigezi District Archives, Kabale (KigDA); Ankole District Archives, Mbarara (Mbarara); Archdiocese of Kampala archives, Rubaga Cathedral, Kampala (Rubaga); Kasese District Archives, Kasese (KasDA); Hoima District Archives, Hoima (HDA)
Makerere University Library archives, Kampala (Makerere)George Kahigwa papers, Harugali, Bundibugyo (Kahigwa); Diocese of Kabarole archives, St. John's Cathedral, Fort Portal (KabDio); Diocese of Kigezi archives, St. Peter's Cathedral, Kabale (St. Peter's); Archives in Kenya; Kenya National Archives, Nairobi (KNA); Presbyterian Church of East Africa archives, Nairobi (PCEA); Tumutumu Church archives, Karatina (TT); Anglican Church of Kenya archives, Nairobi (ACK); Kenya National Archives, Kakamega Provincial Records Centre (Kakamega)
Summary This book focuses on the struggle between cosmopolitan Christian converts and East African patriots to define culture and community in the mid-twentieth century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-334) and index
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Subject Christianity and politics -- Africa, East -- History -- 20th century
East Africa Revival -- History
Conversion -- Christianity.
Christianity and culture -- Africa, East
Christianity and culture
Christianity and politics
Conversion -- Christianity
East Africa Revival
Africa, East
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139570978
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