Polities in a 19th Century African Kingdom

FAIN: FA-11460-76

John A. Rowe
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL 60208-0001)

To analyze the 180 administrative offices within the African Kingdom of Buganda between 1860-1900 in order to learn how government was organized and politics actually operated in the pre-colonial period. Results of this phase of research will be embodied in the final chapter of a book on the history of Buganda in the 19th century. Grantee's second project is to complete a study of the papers of Sir Apolo Kagwa, KCMG, who became Prime Minister of Buganda in 1889 in order to write a political biography.