Political Power in Pre-Colonial Buganda:

Richard Reid is a Lecturer in History at the University of Asmara.

Acknowledgements

ix

Maps

xi

Introduction

1

(18)

The political & territorial kingdom

3

(2)

The `wars of religion' & the establishment of colonial rule

5

(2)

The secondary literature

7

(6)

The aims & structure of the book

13

(4)

Part One Land & Livelihood

A survey of the Ganda economy

17

(2)

Land & Cultivation

19

(21)

Introduction

19

(3)

The kingdom of the banana

22

(3)

Crops & plantations in the nineteenth century

25

(6)

The historical & cultural environment

31

(1)

`Queer foods' & famine in the nineteenth century

32

(4)

Political turmoil & agricultural collapse in the 1880s & 1890s

36

(4)

Herdsmen & Hunters

40

(30)

Pastoralism in pre-colonial Buganda

40

(5)

Herds & herdsmen in politics & society

45

(5)

The consumption & utilization of livestock

50

(2)

Livestock disease in the late nineteenth century

52

(3)

The economics & culture of hunting in pre-colonial Buganda

55

(5)

The hunt for ivory

60

(4)

Hunters of river & lake: the political economy of fishing

64

(4)

The waters of Ganda history

68

(2)

Crafts & Craftsmen

70

(25)

Barkcloth production

70

(2)

The expansion of the barkcloth economy

72

(4)

Iron & the state

76

(10)

Pre-colonial pottery culture

86

(7)

Summary of Part One

89

(4)

Part Two Labour & Liberty

The state & its human resources

93

(2)

Labour & Taxation

95

(18)

Taxation in the nineteenth century

98

(5)

Working for the state: the organization of public labour

103

(4)

The highways of Buganda

107

(4)

Mwanga's reign: an abuse of the system

111

(2)

Slavery

113

(22)

Acquisition of slaves

116

(3)

Women & slavery

119

(5)

Slave hierarchies

124

(9)

Summary of Part Two

131

(2)

Part Three Buyers & Sellers

Developments in commerce

133

(2)

Domestic & Regional Trade

135

(14)

Local commerce & commodities

136

(8)

Pre-colonial currencies

144

(5)

The Growth of Long-Distance Trade

149

(26)

Beginnings

149

(2)

Coastal merchants in Buganda

151

(9)

Commercial change in the late nineteenth century

160

(15)

Summary of Part Three

171

(4)

Part Four War & Peace

175

(84)

The Rise & Decline of Ganda Military Power

177

(29)

Ethos & motivation

179

(6)

Military growth before the nineteenth century

185

(5)

`Restless warfare': conquest & consolidation under Kamanya

190

(4)

Stability & decline in the nineteenth century, 1: the reign of Suna

194

(4)

Stability & decline in the nineteenth century, 2: the reign of Mutesa

198

(8)

Developments in Organization, Tactics & Weaponry

206

(21)

Structures & hierarchy

206

(4)

Structures & tactics

210

(4)

The new elite: from bodyguard to vanguard

214

(4)

The tools of war: weaponry & the role of firearms

218

(9)

Lake Victoria, the Final Frontier

227

(24)

Canoe construction

228

(3)

Naval developments c. 1700 - c. 1840

231

(3)

The growth of naval power from c. 1840

234

(3)

`The helots of Uganda': the Sesse & Ganda naval expansion

237

(3)

The expansion of ports

240

(3)

The organization of the fleet

243

(8)

Summary of Part Four

249

(2)

Conclusions

251

(8)

Sources & Bibliography

259

(8)

Index

267

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