Department of History, Archeology and Heritage

Sugarcane plantations and the alienation of land from smallholder farmers through out-grower schemes in Busoga Sub-Region in Eastern Uganda

Robert, Ojambo (Journal of African Studies, 2023)

Despite wide research on land grabbing in Africa, much of the existing literature restricts the practice mainly to a situation where land is leased or sold to outside investors for the production of food and biofuel ...

The Arab springs and the “walk to work” movement in Uganda: contest for political space and freedom

Robert, Ojambo (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2016-01)

This paper presents an overview of how the Arab Springs influenced events in the Walk-to Work Protests in Uganda during the period after the 2011 election. It builds on the previous analysis of the nexus between the Arab ...

On the waters: economic and political drivers of maritime conflicts between Uganda and its neighbors

Robert, Ojambo (African Studies Quarterly, 2021-10)

The Great Lakes region has, in the recent past, been awash with numerous border conflicts/or threats to conflict among the member states. Whereas various studies have endeavored to explain the emergence of such conflicts, ...

The political economy of globalization and employment returns to youth in Uganda

Kanyamurwa, John Mary (Springer International Publishing, 2020-06)

The political economy of globalization, with its main features such as market-driven technology, trade, and capital flows, continues to alter the structure of labour markets in developing countries, adversely affecting ...

Reconstructing global security and peace building in Somalia’s changing context

Kanyamurwa, John Mary; Nangira, Betty (Springer International Publishing, 2021-11)

Understood from the backdrop of global security contradictions, the current analysis highlights the Somali decades-old political predicament as a consequence of Cold War global security frameworks and clan-based power ...

Elections and domestic peace in Africa: assessing peace opportunities in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election

Kanyamurwa, John Mary; Kakuba, Juma Sultan; Kaddu, Ronald; Babalanda, Stanely (Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)

Substantial narratives have in recent years been woven around the role of electoral democracy, widely welcoming it as a symbol of Africa’s advancement towards nonviolent power transfer and political stability. Yet, such ...

Democratisation Processes Amidst Cultural Diversity in Uganda

Kyazike, Elizabeth; Kanyamurwa, John Mary; Babalanda, Stanley (Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)

Uganda attained independence on the 9th of October 1962 with a diverse cultural spectrum. Yet current analyses hardly interrogate the role of culture in the country’s democratisation processes. The purpose of this chapter ...

History of Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Kiryandongo district, western Uganda 1954-2018

Kaboggoza, Joseph (Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-08)

The purpose of this study was to examine the history of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Kiryandongo district from 1954-2018. It analysed the geography of the place, how the name Kiryandongo came about, and described the ...

The 1995 Constitution as a Tool for Dictatorship in Uganda: An African Dilemma of Constitutionalism

Robert, Ojambo (SpringerLink, 2022-11)

This chapter examines the interplay between the 1995 Constitution and the growing tendency of dictatorship in Uganda. The main argument is that whereas the drafting of the 1995 Constitution was seen by many as an attempt ...

Characterising the archaeological assemblage of Kaiso Village in the Ugandan Albertine Rift

Mirembe, Fatumah; Kyazike, Elizabeth (SpringerLink, 2022-12)

This paper presents results from archaeological surveys and excavations conducted in 2012 around Kaiso Village located within the Albertine Graben part of the Western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley. This area ...

Women and salt mining at Kibiro salt gardens in Hoima district (1894-2015)

Juliet, Ssematimba (Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2017-12)

The purpose of the study was to examine the factors that explain women participation in salt mining at Kibiro salt gardens and how Kibiro's geographical setting acted as a basis for discerning factors underlying salt mining ...

Exploring the preference for indigenous medicinal plant medicine in Buliisa District, Western Uganda

Kyazike, Elizabeth (Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences: AJOL, 2021-08-11)

This paper explores the preference for indigenous medicinal plant medicine in Buliisa district, situated in the Albertine Graben. Despite attempts to improve access to conventional health services, there seems to be a ...

Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

Morrison, D.Kathleen; Hammer, Emily; Boles, Oliver; Madella, Marco; Whitehouse, Nicola; Gaillard, Marie-Jose; Bates, Jennifer; Linden, Marc Vander; Merlo, Stefania; Yao, Alice; Popova, Laura; Hill, Austin Chad; Antolin, Ferran; Bauer, Andrew; Biagetti, Stefano; Bishop, R. Rosie; Buckland, Phillip; Cruz, Pablo; Dreslerová, Dagmar; Dusseldorp, Gerrit; Ellis, Erle; Filipovic, Dragana; Foster, Thomas; Hannaford, Matthew J.; Harrison, P. Sandy; Hazarika, Manjil; Herold, Hajnalka; Hilpert, Johanna; Kaplan, Jed O.; Kay, Andrea; Goldewijk, Kees Klein; Kolář, Jan; Kyazike, Elizabeth; Laabs, Julian; Lancelotti, Carla; Lane, Paul; Lawrence, Dan; Lewis, Krista; Lombardo, Umberto; Lucarini, Giulio; Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel; Marchant, Rob; Mayle, Francis; McClatchie, Meriel; McLeester, Madeleine; Mooney, Scott; Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena; Navarrete, Vanessa; Ndiema, Emmanuel; Góes Neves, Eduardo; Nowak, Marek; Out, Welmoed A.; Petrie, Cameron; Phelps, Leanne N.; Pinke, Zsolt; Rostain, Stéphen; Russell, Thembi; Sluyter, Andrew; Styring, Amy K.; Tamanaha, Eduardo; Thomas, Evert; Veerasamy, Selvakumar; Welton, Lynn; Zanon, Marco (PLOS ONE, 2021-04-14)

In the 12,000 years preceding the Industrial Revolution, human activities led to significant changes in land cover, plant and animal distributions, surface hydrology, and biochemical cycles. Earth system models suggest ...