Inside West Nile: Violence, History & Representation on an African FrontierWest Nile is best known as the home of Uganda's notoriously violent dictator, Idi Amin. But the area's association with violence goes back much further, through the colonial era, when the district was significantly under-developed in comparison with most of Uganda, and to a pre-colonial past characterised by slave-raiding and ivory poaching. This book examines the relationships between these pasts and the present, between violence, narrative and memory in the former West Nile district. It draws on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in the district capital, Arua town, during the late 1990s, when a low-intensity conflict between the government and local rebels became embroiled in wars spilling over from nearby borders with Sudan and the DRC. The book contributes to current debates in political anthropology on issues such as border areas, the local state, and the nature of the 'post-colonial'. |
Contents
Arua Means Prison | 27 |
Amin West Nile the Postcolony | 49 |
Drawing a Margin | 68 |
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Inside West Nile: Violence, History & Representation on an African Frontier Mark Anthony Leopold No preview available - 2005 |
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Acholi administration Africa agencies Allah Water Allen Alur Amin's anthropology Aringa Aringa County army Arua District Arua town Arua's Belgian border British Bunyoro camps Chapter chiefs clan Collins colonial rule Congo cult cultural curse dances discourse Driberg economic elders Emin ethnic European Fadl el Mula February fieldwork forces Geria groups ibid Idi Amin imperial involved ivory James Currey Kakwa Kampala Koboko labour Lado Enclave later Leopold lineage London Lugard Lugbara language Lugbara Literature Association Lugwari Lulua Madi magendo Maracha marginality Mazrui Middleton 1971b Moyo district Murjan narratives NGOs Nilers northern Nubi Nubians officers Oxford period political postcolonial rebels reconstruction refugee relationship Report RH mss ritual role slaves social society Soghayroun soldiers Southall southern Sudan SPLA Stigand Sudanese Terego trade traditional tribal tribes troops Twaddle Udupi Uganda Protectorate University Press violence Wadelai Weatherhead West Nile District WNBF Yakan Yakan movement Zaïre