1st Edition

Student Power in Africa's Higher Education A Case of Makerere University

By Frederick K. Byaruhanga Copyright 2006
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

This book, the first of its kind to treat Uganda, provides a historical analysis of the role of student voices in the development of Uganda's higher education. It not only chronicles incidents of student protests, but also explores and analyses their trigger points as well as the strategies employed by the university, the government, and the students to manage or resolve those crises. In addition,... Read more

List of Tables and Figures

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Uganda: An Historiographic Summary

2. Education in Uganda: An Overview

3. Student Activism and Higher Education

4. Student Activism at Makerere-

The 1950s Generation

5. The 1960s Generation

6. The 1970s Generation

7. The 1980s Generation

8. The 1990s Generation

9. The 2000s Generation

10. A Summing-Up

11. Conclusions and Implication for

Research and Policy

Appendix

End Notes

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Frederick K. Byaruhanga is the founder and Executive Director, Uganda AIDS Orphaned Children Foundation (Non-profit 501 C (3)). He is an editorial board member, UFHAMU: A journal of African studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is affiliated with UCLA and a member of the African Studies Association. He recently published the article Higher Education in Africa and the Labyrinth of Dependency: Who will Unravel the Threads?