History of Uganda

4.2 EXAMINING THE LONG TERM RECOVERY APPROACHES OF NGOS IN POST CONFLICT AREA OF NORTHERN UGANDA A number of approaches have been suggested for post conflict recovery and they include but not limited to the following; Bottom up approach This is also known as indigenous empowerment. The idea behind it is to empower local populations who are at the bottom and mid-levels of society by allowing them to consolidate and develop necessary resources for the implementation of a peace process, which…

The Senufo people are located in Cote d Ivoire, Ghana. The Senufo people are considered a people heavily involved with the “spiritual realm”. Religion is quite different when it comes to the people of Senufo, they do not associate themselves as one of the three prominent religions of the world; Islam, Christianity, or Judaism. There is a belief that a women spirit; called the “ancient mother” is heavily involved with the poro society 2. The poro society (a male dominated community) was also a…

potential threats from wild animals such as lions. Maasai women are responsible for cooking, suppling water, collecting sticks and firewood, milking cattle and building a home (P&C Maasai H 1). The native culture known for their tactic, way of life, and history in obtaining land brings great historic value. Due to epidemic breakthrough, colonist’s takeover, and modern world influences the nature of Maasai people and their wildlife are greatly…

effects of rumors in post-trauma societies is revealed in the articles, Narratives of Uncertainty: The Affective Force of Child-Trafficking Rumors in Postdisaster Aceh, Indonesia by Annemarie Samuels and Gendered War and Rumors of Saddam Hussein in Uganda by Sverker Finnström. Although mere stories or potentially false statements, rumors reveal the sociohistorical realities of certain areas by reflecting a collective sentiment of alienation of the people in the area. In her article, Samuels…

In both documentaries, General Idi Amin Dada and The Act of Killing, the authors spent a considerable amount of time with the perpetrators of mass murder. In The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer gets access to the executioners, gangsters and paramilitary leaders who carried out millions of mass killings. In General Idi Amin, Barbet Schroeder spent time with one of the greatest mass murderers and the third Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada. Schroeder was able to document his firsthand account of…

I took over three college-prep U.S. History classes, one English as a Second Language (ESL) U.S. History class, and team-taught an Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. History class. When I joined the AP U.S. History class, the course was essentially finished because the AP test had been taken, and students were working on final projects. The college-prep and ESL classes , on the…

When I first heard about the Oral History project I did not know what to expect. After reading the assignment in more detail, I was excited to start the project. I immediately knew I would pick my mother for the project. She is my best friend and I wanted to learn more about her growing up with such a big family. After going over the assignment, I called my mother and asked if she would participate in the project and she said yes. I was delighted to hear her say that because I instantly started…

Canadian historian Donald Creighton. Hufton later published these lectures as Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution. Prior to her shift towards women’s history in the 1980s, Hufton was primarily interested in poverty and social relations; her previous books focused on social history and political history, one of which attempted to place the French Revolution in a broader historical context. Partially in response to the plethora of publications that emphasize specific…

In the distant of times from the time we are in the days of old. We often reminded ourselves mentally and physically through a process called memories. In the article “Trying Not to Forget Forgetting” the author M. Zeki Duman mentions the importance of memories. In a period of time through a series of event in the days of our forefather to currently now present days. Over times legitimate record written forgotten and replace by false memory through idealism causes doubt in the mind of many…

History is a composition of past events. It is real and honest. However, the materials used by historians (which are called sources) to study history are only records of history, so they need not to be absolutely true and unbiased. If a group of scholars were to evaluate a set of clues surrounding a play, they would mainly use texts and written records of the play and all these evidences are considered sources which therefore need to be carefully examined before put into use. To these scholars,…