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| Titel: |
Violent Ethnocentrism:Revisiting the Economic Interpretation of the Expulsion of Ugandan Asians |
| Auteur: |
Amor, Meir |
| Verschenen in: |
Identity |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 3 (2003) nr. 1 pagina's 53-66 |
| Jaar: |
2003-01-01 |
| Inhoud: |
The expulsion of Asians from Uganda in 1972 has often been explained in terms of the economic inequities between Asians and Uganda Africans deriving from the "middleman" economic role performed by the Asians and their social attitudes toward Africans. This approach is often taken in explanations that concentrate on the instrumental roles played by Asians in institutionalizing British rule in Uganda. Although this is important, it tends to create the impression that the expulsion was a rational response to the Asians' roles in the economic, administrative, and political life of Ugandan. However, this approach is inadequate as it glosses over modern Ugandan history and underplays human agency and responsibility. In this article I take a comprehensive approach that integrates sociohistorical factors such as ethnicity and class antagonism between Africans and Asians and among Africans. I take into account the effect of modern citizenship on a group's identity and the contemporary political circumstances of independent Uganda. Thus, the idiosyncrasies of Milton Obote and especially Idi Amin's brutal regime can be contextualized and better understood. I show, for instance, that the Ugandan Asians were not the first but the second victims of violent ethnocentrism in Uganda. |
| Uitgever: |
Psychology Press |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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