An imperial enterprise
The making and breaking of the University of East Africa, 1949-1969
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2140449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Mwenda Kithinji (a University of Arkansas-Fort Smith , Arkansas , USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-214 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00083968.2012.702084 |
| OpenAlex | W1485001397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines the evolution of the inter-territorial university policy in East Africa that culminated in the establishment of the regional University of East Africa (UEA) serving Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; it further explores the causes of the collapse of the regional university in the late 1960s. The inauguration of the UEA in June 1963 exemplified the determination by Britain to maintain its influence in East Africa as the region entered the independence era. Britain sought to use the UEA as a centre for intellectual and ideological indoctrination of the regional elites that it had started to forge in 1949 following the establishment of Makerere University College in Uganda as an inter-territorial institution for East Africa. Unlike the Makerere elites who were to serve as agents of the British in the colonial era, the products of UEA would become allies of Britain in the independence era and thus serve as crucial cogs in the emerging neocolonial relations between Britain and the East African nations. This article demonstrates how the transformed political landscape after independence undermined the UEA, signalling not only the weakening of the bonds of cohesion among the East African states but also the waning fortunes of Britain in the region
Colonialism · Economic growth · Economic history · Ethnology · Ideology · Independence (probability theory · Indoctrination · North east · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Tanzania · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.55 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |