BECOMING AN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY PB MAKERERE: 1922-2000

BECOMING AN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY PB MAKERERE: 1922-2000For four decades, Makerere University, known as the Oxford of Africa, was the sole university level institution in all of East Africa. A fabled Mecca for aspiring youth, it trained many of the regions first generation of intellectual and political leaders, including the present presidents of Kenya and Tanzania. It remains one of Africas most important universities today. As one of the first comprehensive look at an African university, this book tells

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A "powerful and indispensable book" (Gerald Markowitz) on the devastating consequences of environmental racism -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities

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are used to investigate the link between economic growth and development

Hitherto neglected issues such as gender

JEM and the Khalil Ibrahim Story

326 people said that they were nationals of African countries

New introductions to each thematic section set the context—personal and political—for the reportage

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780812982251

ISBN-13 : 9780446547758

ISBN-10 : 1569025800

is one of the lasting contributions Clarke dispensed to students and life long learners