Halana Kaleel
SOC 366
17 October 2014
Uganda
Early Uganda and Colonization by Britain
Before Uganda was colonialized in the late 1800’s, the area of Uganda was a variety of different ethnic and religious groups. However, the Bugandans who live in the southern part of present day Uganda were the largest. The northern part of present day Uganda was Sudanic and Nilotic tribes, and there was strain between the north and south. Uganda is on the great lakes of central Africa, and located on the equator. The coastal areas of African were explored first, so Uganda is one of the last areas to be reached by foreigners. The first to arrive were the Arab traders in search of slaves and ivory in the 1840’s. When the race to Africa began, the area of present …show more content…
Johnston’s responsibility was to find the best method of administration in Uganda. The local African Kings were able to convince Johnston that the control of this area must be acted through their control. Buganda remains the more significant Kingdom. The policies of Johnston became active with the Buganda Agreement of 1900. With this agreement the kabaka’s position was recognized by Britain. The chiefs are ok with this because Johnston acknowledges their right to have their lands, even though this concept goes against most African tribal …show more content…
The railway turned out to be a complex engineering exploit because of the harsh conditions. Surprising a lot of labor was imported from India to aid the railroad project. Even though the railway was finished by 1903, it was a very expensive operation and involved several deaths among the workers. I found it curious that most of the workers were imported from other places; this turns out to be because early settlers of Uganda wanted to enforce a system which would require Africans to offer their work to European settlers. However, immediately after World War I, in due to the huge criticism of forced labor in Britain, compulsory labor was banned on projects.
The finishing of the railroad did not increase the amount of European settlers to Uganda as expected. But commercial opportunities boomed in the colony. Many goods could reach the port of Mombasa and be sold to the rest of the world. It was a slow process for Uganda to become a prosperous African colony, and although not perfect by any means in comparison to Leopold’s Congo, more wealth was in the hands of Africans not the
SOC 366
17 October 2014
Uganda
Early Uganda and Colonization by Britain
Before Uganda was colonialized in the late 1800’s, the area of Uganda was a variety of different ethnic and religious groups. However, the Bugandans who live in the southern part of present day Uganda were the largest. The northern part of present day Uganda was Sudanic and Nilotic tribes, and there was strain between the north and south. Uganda is on the great lakes of central Africa, and located on the equator. The coastal areas of African were explored first, so Uganda is one of the last areas to be reached by foreigners. The first to arrive were the Arab traders in search of slaves and ivory in the 1840’s. When the race to Africa began, the area of present …show more content…
Johnston’s responsibility was to find the best method of administration in Uganda. The local African Kings were able to convince Johnston that the control of this area must be acted through their control. Buganda remains the more significant Kingdom. The policies of Johnston became active with the Buganda Agreement of 1900. With this agreement the kabaka’s position was recognized by Britain. The chiefs are ok with this because Johnston acknowledges their right to have their lands, even though this concept goes against most African tribal …show more content…
The railway turned out to be a complex engineering exploit because of the harsh conditions. Surprising a lot of labor was imported from India to aid the railroad project. Even though the railway was finished by 1903, it was a very expensive operation and involved several deaths among the workers. I found it curious that most of the workers were imported from other places; this turns out to be because early settlers of Uganda wanted to enforce a system which would require Africans to offer their work to European settlers. However, immediately after World War I, in due to the huge criticism of forced labor in Britain, compulsory labor was banned on projects.
The finishing of the railroad did not increase the amount of European settlers to Uganda as expected. But commercial opportunities boomed in the colony. Many goods could reach the port of Mombasa and be sold to the rest of the world. It was a slow process for Uganda to become a prosperous African colony, and although not perfect by any means in comparison to Leopold’s Congo, more wealth was in the hands of Africans not the