Obote: A Political Biography - Softcover

Ingham, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415867606 ISBN 13: 9780415867603

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Uganda developed as a British protectorate in a manner which made it virtually impossible for any indigenous politician to emerge as the unchallenged leader of his country. Obote: A Political Biography describes the efforts of one man to find a pragmatic solution to that problem, and in doing so to create a united, democratic Uganda.
Kenneth Ingham makes the first attempt to trace the political career of Obote through the ups and downs of his two presidencies and his time in exile during the military dictatorship of Idi Amin. The book challenges accusations of tyranny and argues that Obote's political achievements have been underestimated. It addresses the key issue of why a country so well endowed with human and material resources should have suffered so grievously from shortages and internal strife. Obote's contribution emerges as unique and at the same time representative of the problems facing the leaders of Africa's emergent nations.

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Kenneth Ingham

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415867606
• ISBN 13: 9780415867603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244