Murder, Mayhem, and Keeping Order in Uganda, 1905
frustration and ease British fears of native uprisings, leading ultimately to peace. Keeping order led to a multitude of British actions across the spectrum, both peaceful and military (Porter, 191). In Uganda, it led to compromise in order to keep the peace; other African countries were not so fortunate.
For Further Reading
Margot Lovett, "On Power and Powerlessness: Marriage and Political Metaphor in Colonial Western Tanzania," The International Journal of African Historical Studies 27 (1994): 273-301.
Bernard Porter, The Lion's Share A Short History of British Imperialism 1850-1995, 3rd ed. New York: Longman, 1996.
J. van Velsen, "The Missionary Factor Among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland," The Rhodes-Livingstone Journal: Human Problems in British Central Africa 26 (1960): 1-22.
Justin Willis, "Killing Bwana: Peasant Revenge and Political Panic in Early Colonial Ankole," Journal of African History 35 (1994): 379-400.
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