1st Edition

The Rise of Our East African Empire (1893) Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda (2 Volume Set)

By Lord Frederick J.D. Lugard Copyright 1968
    1247 Pages
    by Routledge

    This a two-volume set (originally published 1893) that covers the rise of the East African empire, with Volume I, covering commerce, trade and sport and Volume II focussing on Uganda, its administration, past and future and suggestions for the future. The aim of the author is to place subjects of a serious concern in dealings with Africa in order to protect the welfare of the native races there.

    VOLUME I: INTRODUCTION, I. START FOR AFRICA ARRIVE QUILIMANE, II. QUILIMANE TO BLANTYRE, III. THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR—SLAVE-TRADE AND MISSIONS, IV. BLANTYRE TO KARONGA'S, V. THE ATTACK ON THE SLAVERS LIFE AT KARONGA'S, VI. EVENTS AT KARONGA'S—NYASALAND TO ENGLAND, VII. AFRICAN SLAVERY, VIII. METHODS OF SUPPRESSING THE SLAVE - TRADE ARMS AND LIQUOR-TRADE, IX. SAIL AGAIN FOR AFRICA MOMBASA TO MAKONGENI, X. LIFE IN THE JUNGLE, XI. MAKONGENI TO MACHAKO's AND BACK TO MOMBASA, XII. WORK IN MOMBASA — START AGAIN FOR INTERIOR MOMBASA TO MACHAKO'S, XIII. MACHAKO's TO THE LILWA RIVER, XIV. LILWA RIVER TO UGANDA, XV. COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF EAST AFRICA, XVI. EAST AFRICA AS A FIELD FOR DEVELOPMENT, XVII. METHODS OF AFRICAN TRANSPORT, XVIII. LABOUR SUPPLY IN EAST AFRICA, XIX. THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT AND ZEBRA, XX. SOME OTHER AFRICAN ANIMALS, XXI. SOME OTHER, AFRICAN ANIMALS—CONTINUED. VOLUME II: XXII. SKETCH OF EARLY HISTORY OF UGANDA, AND POSITION OF AFFAIRS ON ARRIVAL THERE, XXIII. PRELIMINARY WORK IN UGANDA, XXIV. DIFFICULTIES IN UGANDA, XXV. DIFFICULTIES IN UGANDA (continued), XXVI. WAR AGAINST MOHAMMEDANS, AND TOUR IN BUDDU, XXVII. BUDDU TO SALT LAKE, XXVIII. SALT LAKE TO KAVALLl's, XXIX. KAVALLl's TO FORT LORNE, XXX. FORT LORNE TO FORT GRANT, XXXI. FORT GRANT TO KAMPALA, XXXII. UGANDA UNDER CAPTAIN WILLIAMS—SITUATION AT END OF 1891, AND UP TO EVE OF THE WAR, XXXIII. THE FIGHTING IN UGANDA, XXXIV. SITUATION IN UGANDA DURING THE WAR, XXXV. EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE WAR, XXXVI. PEACE CONCLUDED WITH THE WA-FUANSA, XXXVII. SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY, XXXVIII. MOHAMMEDANS REPATRIATED PEACE THROUGHOUT UGANDA, XXXIX. CLOSE OF MY ADMINISTRATION IN UGANDA MARCH TO KIKUYU, XL. KIKUYU TO ENGLAND THE UGANDA QUESTION, XLI. RETENTION OF UGANDA, XLII. ORIGIN OF THE BRITISH SPHERE, AND METHODS OF DEALING WITH IT, XLIII. ADMINISTRATION PAST AND FUTURE

    Biography

    Lord Frederick J.D. Lugard