East Africa: In search of national and regional renewal

East Africa: In search of national and regional renewal

Edited by Felicia Arudo Yieke

Published April 2005 ; 168 pages 2-86978-144-X

"This is an exciting book, which brilliantly brings out disturbing social
questions such as nationalism, ethnicity, the role of intellectuals,
language, the military, regional security and the nature of political
transitions in the East African region. The authors of the various papers
present dynamic and convincing arguments on politics of identity,
language
and the quest for Africa's renewal."
Professor Eric Masinde Aseka, Kenyatta University, Kenya

"The papers in this volume confront some of the major problems facing the
peoples of East Africa, as indeed of the African continent as a whole.
Focusing in particular on the dilemmas of ethnic and national identities
and
their relationship to social and political conflict, these essays
constitute
a major contribution to debates on supra-national co-operation and
socio-economic and political renewal in Africa."
Professor Colin Herbert Creighton, University of Hull, UK

East Africa: In Search of National and Regional Renewal presents a
stimulating mix of historical and contemporary experiences at the heart
of
African nationalism and pan-African aspirations. It offers rich, critical
and insightful scholarly readings of East African discourses, practices
and
historiographies. While exploring the different dimensions of the
challenges
of renewal confronting the countries in the region, the authors take full
cognisance of the changed contexts, conditions and forces shaping Africa
today. The result is a lucid and highly accessible collection of
empirically
grounded contributions by reputed scholars on issues such as: African
nationalism; intellectuals and Africa quest for renewal; ethnicity and
citizenship; movementocracy and democracy; transient mobile 'nations' and
nationhood; and the language question. The book provides remarkable
readings
of the problems confronting the East African region, and alternative
approaches to meeting the challenges of nationalism, regionalism and
promotion of pan-African ideals.

Felicia Arudo Yieke currently teaches at Egerton University in the
department of Languages and Linguistics. She has a PhD in Applied
Linguistics from University of Vienna, Austria and pursued her
undergraduate
and Masters degree studies at Kenyatta University (Kenya) and Moi
University
(Kenya) respectively.

Contents

Introduction
Felicia Arudo Yieke

Chapter 1
The Rise, the Fall and the Insurrection of Nationalism in Africa
Issa Shivji

Chapter 2
Intellectuals and Africa's Renewal
Chachage Seithy L. Chachage

Chapter 3
Language and Regional Integration: Foreign or African Languages
for the African Union?
Sangai Mohochi

Chapter 4
Language and the East African Parliament: National Identities,
Gender Mainstreaming and the Re-invention of Regionalism
Felicia Arudo Yieke

Chapter 5
Ethnicity: An Opportunity or a Bane in Africa's Development?
Emmanuel Okoth Manyasa

Chapter 6
Ethno-Centralism and Movement Politics in Uganda:
New Trends and Directions in Kibaale District Elections
Mohammed Kulumba

Chapter 7
Intellectuals and Soldiers: The Socialist Experiment in
the Horn Africa
Bahru Zewde

Chapter 8
Transient, Mobile 'Nations' and the Dilemma of Nationhood in the
Horn of Africa: Interrogating Nomadic Pastoralists, Insecurity
and the Uncertainty of Belonging
Maurice N. Amutabi

Chapter 9
Legal and Political Dilemma in Transforming a Movement to
Multi-Party System in Uganda: Is the National Resistance Movement
Riding on a Tiger's Back?
Mohammed Kulumba

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