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In this book, Mwenda Ntarangwi analyzes how young hip hop artists in the East African nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania showcase the opportunities and challenges brought by the globalization of music. Combining local popular music traditions with American and Jamaican styles of rap, East African hip hop culture reflects the difficulty of creating commercially accessible music while honoring tradition and East African culture. Ntarangwi pays special attention to growing cross-border exchanges within East African hip hop, collaborations in recording music and performances, and themes and messages that transcend local geographic boundaries. ... Read more

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This book addresses the gender divide in access to higher education and the Ugandan situation. It examines theories of girls' education, human capital, gender inequality and gender-development, bringing views from Africa and its institutions to debates often constructed and conducted in the West. Whilst commending the work of women's movements and NGO's in furthering the educational cause, it criticises fashionable neo-liberal economic/educational policies which are diverting researchers not institutions, thus diminishing local universities and women. The volume also presents the results of a survey of female undergraduates at the University of Makerere, which give rise to discussions about family, societal, and institutional influences on women's access to higher education. This is a welcome book on women in higher education written by an African female academic, insider, and popular and outstanding contributor to the progress of women in higher education in East Africa. ... Read more

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Written on the occasion of the Abruzzi Centenary celebrations in 2006, the essays collected in this book bear testimony to the extraordinary interest of the Rwenzori massif, on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this interdisciplinary volume, contributions from leading Western and African scholars of Rwenzori history and culture provide fascinating insights into one of Africa's most complex and dynamic socio-political environments. The authors interrogate questions of vital concern in African Studies, throwing new light on issues around ethnicity and nation, modernity and tradition, violence and state formation, as well as the fluid interplay between language, culture and identity on the one hand, and the geography of the montane environment on the other. The studies in this book span a wide historical period, ranging from the pre-colonial past to contemporary postcolonial transformations, showing that societies in the Rwenzori region have not remained static, but have undergone major change. Drawn from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, political science, history, literary studies, musicology, religion and lexicography, the essays are indispensable reading for anyone interested in the Rwenzori Mountains in particular and African Studies in general. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book offers a philosophical critique of the gender ramifications of the modernisation paradigms in Uganda's Plan for the Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA).The book is premised on the contention that due to the need to increase food productivity to feed Uganda's ever increasing population, in addition to the poverty production tendency in subsistence production, the modernisation of Uganda'sagriculture for sustainable poverty eradication cannot be overemphasised. The book argues that although Uganda must modernise if it is to compete favourably in a modernising global market economy, the end of modernisation ought to be the enhancement of the productive capabilities of both men and women. Modernisation should not treat human persons as a means to an end but rather, human persons should be treated as the actual ends of modernisation. The book surmises that if agricultural modernisation in Uganda is to be engendered, it must be premised on a practical commitment to gender equity, as well as a strong and accountable democracy committed to material and structural adjustments aimed at guaranteeing the common good. ... Read more

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The study assessed services provided to Persons With Disabilities (PWDS) in Masaka district of Uganda since the introduction of special needs education. Overall literature affirmed the general limited access to services among PWDs in Uganda attributed to the continued stigmatisation and discrimination of PWDs at all levels. It revealed that affirmative action for PWDs and thus disability mainstreaming has not been effected across all development sectors.Despite the relationship that exists between special needs education services and the standards of living of PWDS, there is still need to sensitise people on the ability of PWDs. There is also need to give high budgetary priority for the improvement of the education system to enable all people regardless of their abilities. Finally,Social protection measures need to be in place for the 35% PWDS who are a chronically poor category; special programmes in health and education among others beyond the universal programmes should be designed to ensure substantial results in terms of improved livelihoods and poverty reduction among PWDS. ... Read more

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This book examines connections between social capital networks and livelihoods in a contemporary setting in Uganda. It focus on explaining how we canunderstand livelihoods through bottom-up social, political and cultural connections, at both the individual and community levels using social capital networks. The book uses a multi-dimensional methodological approach and a diversity of techniques to collect data on social capital networks and livelihoods. A profile of livelihood activities suggests that the main source of livelihoods in rural Uganda are simple cash and subsistence food crop farming, supplemented by animal rearing and small business ventures. An exploration of central inequalities of ethnicity and gender as durable inequalities shows that these interact in a complex manner with historical legacies and current socio-political and economic patterns to produce particular social capital networks that shape livelihoods, both positively and negatively. A key conclusion is that social capital networks based on friendship patterns affect livelihoods more than kinship networks. ... Read more

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Understanding child labour in Uganda. This book interrogates the interpretation of childlabour in Uganda?s fishing communities. It is basedon the views of children in paid and non paid work,parents and cultural leaders, and policy makers atnational and local levels. Emerging discourses onchild labour are presented. While some discoursesare in agreement with conventional views on thehazardous forms of work, others challenge language use and the enactment of the concept in away that is not reducible to local interpretations. The latter call for dialogue indifferent settings to generate the local equivalents (including indicators) for categories such as childlabour and children?s rights. Interventions aiming to shape desirable childhoods throughelimation of hazardous work ochestrated byconditions linked to vulnerability, ought to targetsocial-ecological and parenting factors that induce failures in the child care ecologycomprising the micro, meso, exo, and macro systems. Other initiatives should aim to shapepositive children?s agency, fostering dialogue driven interventions and wider participation of thoseaffected. ... Read more

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Previous experience with dams shows that the local population carry a high proportion of the burden related to such projects. This paper intends to investigate the risks of impoverishment among the project-affected people in the resettled and downstream settlements in the Bujagali area, Uganda. The data is analysed through Cernea´s Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction model and the Sustainable Livelihoods approach. The first one provided the research with concrete indicators of impoverishment. The latter allowed a broad analysis incorporating several elements which constitute a livelihood situation.The analysis found that the resettled population have experienced a relatively high degree of impoverishment, and that it is mainly caused by the adverse effects on their assets. The downstream settlements face a moderate risk of impoverishment by the dam. However, the research suggests that impoverishment can be reversed, mainly by expanding the options of the project-affected people by crating opportunities for alternative livelihood activities. Measures can also be taken to ensure the access to basic needs, especially water and health care. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The YMCA in Uganda was founded in 1959. It has six main branches, including Kampala YMCA. Other branches are in Jinja, Mukono, Mbale, Mbarara, Kasese. The first mention of a YMCA in Uganda was made in a 1913 report of the World Alliance. The matter rested until 1947, when the World Alliance of YMCAs in Geneva sent Dr. George Haynes to investigate the possibilities for YMCAs in Africa. He met in Uganda E. M. K. Mulira. As a result the present site for the Headquarters, currently in the Kampala YMCA building there, was chosen. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) serves to monitor and advance human rights in Uganda. The UHRC is a body established under the 1995 Constitution Article 51 under the Bill of Rights found in Chapter four of the Constitution. It is based on the Paris Principles which are the guidelines for the establishment of a national Human Rights Institution. Its mandate is spelled out in Article 52 of the Constitution. The Commission is composed of a Chairperson, currently Mr. Med S.K Kaggwa, and not less than three other persons, appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament. There are at this time seven commissioners. The Chairperson and Members of the Commission have to be persons of high moral character and proven integrity. They serve for a period of six years and are eligible for re-appointment. ... Read more

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Rural growth centres have a great potential for the surrounding areas, as these highly benefit from the economic development. Development agencies like the Austrian Development Cooperation are interested in the development of rural areas since the difference in quality of life between rural and urban areas is a decisive factor for migration into bigger towns, which provokes poverty in both. Therefore a survey was carried out using multidisciplinary perspectives in order to verify people's demands and key factors determining rural development. Significant in this study is that the voices of the people themselves were made heard. Using methods of participatory rural appraisal, core of the study were semi-structured interviews carried out in three small towns within the area of the Southwestern Towns Water and Sanitation Project (SWTWS), thereby emphasising aspects of quality of life as well as addressing issues of physical and social infrastructure. This book shows the very diverse opinions of the interviewed people and the strong interconnectedness of the identified factors. It furthermore draws attention to the importance of multidisciplinary perspectives in development assistance. ... Read more

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This book tells the story of rural poor farmers inUganda as they come into contact with the NationalAgricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) initiativeunder conditions of subsistence farming, marketfailure and poverty. Featuring some of the keyaspects of the contemporary extension thinkingnotably addressing poverty through market-orientedagriculture and embracing a demand-driven approachto extension,the NAADS initiative is here considereda "prototype" for a new approach to extension. Theanalysis shows a mismatch between NAADS' aspirationsand the conditions of its largely subsistence andresource poor clients, particularly women and youth.The book offers a useful resource for professionalsand policy makers responsible for designing andimplementing interventions in constrained ruralfarming conditions. ... Read more

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The political participation of women remains anunder researched area of study and requires furtherinvestigation to understand not only the factorsthat limit their involvement in politics, but also,the extent to which they get involved in differentpolitical activities. This bookinvestigates into the extent to which women inUganda participate in voting, campaign activity,community meetings and involvement, and also theirmembership to Voluntary associations.All these areforms ofpolitical participation which, unlike representationhave received less attention. The book employsqualitative methodologies to investigate thiscomplex phenomenon.The book finds thatthere are many factors limiting politicalparticpation of women in uganda;includingpolitical, social and economic institutions, theeducation levels and gender biases especially at theballot box.The book concludes thatwomen's political participation is higher in votingascompared to campaign activity and attendancy tocommunity meetings.Therefore, recomeding that forwomen to be involved in politics, there is a needformore sensitisation efforts to be made. ... Read more

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The approach of the New Public Management requires that governments should consult and engage citizens in policy making in order to enhance the quality, credibility and legitimacy of policy decisions. While this approach is being implemented in both developed and developing countries, some developing poor countries are facing limitations in harmonizing the traditional centralized systems and the new approaches of citizen's participation. This book which is based on a research study conducted in Uganda gives an insight on how the participatory planning model has been implemented in a decentralized set up and how it has attempted to empower the citizens in a resource poor country despite the pertinent challenges. It contributes invaluable information on how participatory approaches can be enhanced for better citizen's empowerment. This book will be especially useful to economists, policy makers and analysts, researchers, programme and project implementers, social workers and administrators especially in the public and voluntary sectors. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The African nation of Uganda proposed an Anti-Homosexuality Bill on 13 October 2009 that would, if enacted, broaden the criminalisation of homosexuality by introducing the death penalty for people who have previous convictions, are HIV-positive, or engage in same sex acts with people under 18 years of age. The bill also includes provisions for Ugandans who engage in same-sex sexual relations outside of Uganda, asserting that they may be extradited for punishment back to Uganda, and includes penalties for individuals, companies, media organizations, or non-governmental organizations that support LGBT rights. ... Read more