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Colonization


Oliver Landgraf

4/28/09

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Colonization in Uganda

 

 

 

          Unlike choice African countries that were only colonized and forced to submit due to an intense overwhelming force being put against them, Uganda’s colonization went quite smoothly. According to EnterUganda- a web- based group created for the sole porpose of educating the ignorant populace about Uganda’s history-  upon the British deciding Uganda as prime real estate, the Africans living there willingly submit to their iron will. The British allowed African leaders to stay in power, while indirectly controlling the people. The Africans thought well of this, as they were being governed by their own people it seemed (http://www.enteruganda.com/about/history.php).

 The British treated the Africans very well, and under their wing Uganda did prosper (Historyworld.net). Together the two societies coexisted peacefully, and due to Britain’s powerful influence, they motivated each other to work tirelessly in the fields, and produce a mountain of cash crops that would overall contribute to Uganda’s spike in income (History.ucsb.edu). This made it one of the most profitable countries in all of Africa.

 However this peace could not last. The group in specific that Britain gave copious power to was called the Ganda peoples. Under the combined rule of Britain and the Ganda, Uganda did quite well, accepting this newfound leadership almost without question. But the Ganda bore down on Uganda perhaps a little too hard, overstressing workers and maintaining so strict a rule so that the Ugandan people’s growth was stemmed (EnterUganda.com). Over time the economy decreased, and Uganda began to look into the eyes of their leaders and see malice. The country became more and more hard pressed to keep their economy, but the problem was the Ganda, and to the citizens they became too powerful, micromanaging and overworking for ages. Britain too noticed this, and attempted to snuff their control, but overall failed. The Ganda tried to prevent the British from further interfering in Uganda’s culture and government, and so Uganda finally decided to revolt (Kabiza.com). Giving Uganda’s differentiated ethnic groups a common purpose, the country of Uganda at last united against the overwhelming authority, and eventually in 1962, won their independence from Britain.

 

 

 

Sources:

Uganda- Country Information. Phoenix, Arizona: Anonymous, 1996. Uganda- Country Information. 6 May 2009. 11 May 2009 <http://kabiza.com/Uganda-Country-Information.htm>.

"Uganda's History." Enter Uganda. 27 July 2007. 11 May 2009 http://www.enteruganda.com/about/history.php.

 

 

Land edited May 22, 2009