Author: Tanzania. Peoples Defence Force
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 1964 mutiny of the army in the then Tanganyika has remained an enigma. Was it a mutiny or a coup? Was it a worker's strike? Who was the principal actor, who ruled the country during that week, where was the President, and who called in the British Commandos to quell the mutiny? These questions are faced squarely, and it is argued that the colonial military establishments inherited at independence were quasi-mercenary armies modelled on the British command structure. And despite other influences, the military intervention was a rebellion against the British command structure. The imperialist dimension of the issue is emphasised, including the irony of Tanganyika seeking the aid of the former imperial power to force their own troops to submit to African rule.
Tanganyika Rifles Mutiny
Author: Tanzania. Peoples Defence Force
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 1964 mutiny of the army in the then Tanganyika has remained an enigma. Was it a mutiny or a coup? Was it a worker's strike? Who was the principal actor, who ruled the country during that week, where was the President, and who called in the British Commandos to quell the mutiny? These questions are faced squarely, and it is argued that the colonial military establishments inherited at independence were quasi-mercenary armies modelled on the British command structure. And despite other influences, the military intervention was a rebellion against the British command structure. The imperialist dimension of the issue is emphasised, including the irony of Tanganyika seeking the aid of the former imperial power to force their own troops to submit to African rule.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 1964 mutiny of the army in the then Tanganyika has remained an enigma. Was it a mutiny or a coup? Was it a worker's strike? Who was the principal actor, who ruled the country during that week, where was the President, and who called in the British Commandos to quell the mutiny? These questions are faced squarely, and it is argued that the colonial military establishments inherited at independence were quasi-mercenary armies modelled on the British command structure. And despite other influences, the military intervention was a rebellion against the British command structure. The imperialist dimension of the issue is emphasised, including the irony of Tanganyika seeking the aid of the former imperial power to force their own troops to submit to African rule.
Tanganyika Rifles Mutiny, January 1964
Author: Tanzania People's Defence Forces
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The Dar Mutiny of 1964
Author: Tony Laurence
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449098762
Category : Mutiny
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Originally published: Brighton, England: Book Guild, 2007.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449098762
Category : Mutiny
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Originally published: Brighton, England: Book Guild, 2007.
The 1964 Army Mutinies and the Making of Modern East Africa
Author: Timothy Parsons
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book provides a new concept framework for understanding the factors that lead soldiers to challenge civil authority in developing nations. By exploring the causes and effects of the 1964 East African army mutinies, it provides novel insights into the nature of institutional violence, aggression, and military unrest in former colonial societies. The study integrates history and the social sciences by using detailed empirical data on the soldiers' protests in Tanganyika, Uganda, and Kenya. The roots of the 1964 army mutinies in Tanganyika, Uganda, and Kenya were firmly rooted in the colonial past when economic and strategic necessity forced the former British territorial governments to rely on Africans for defense and internal security. As the only group in colonial society with access to weapons and military training, the African soldiery was a potential threat to the security of British rule. Colonial authorities maintained control over African soldiers by balancing the significant rewards of military service with social isolation, harsh discipline, and close political surveillance. After independence, civilian pay levels out-paced army wages, thereby tarnishing the prestige of military service. As compensation, veteran African soldiers expected commissions and improved terms of service when the new governments Africanized the civil service. They grew increasingly upset when African politicians proved unwilling and unable to meet their demands. Yet the creation of new democratic societies removed most of the restrictive regulations that had disciplined colonial African soldiers. Lacking the financial resources and military expertise to create new armies, the independent African governments had to retain the basic structure and character of the inherited armies. Soldiers in Tanganyika, Uganda, and Kenya mutinied in rapid succession during the last week of January 1964 because their governments could no longer maintain the delicate balance of coercion and concessions that had kept the colonial soldiery in check. The East African mutinies demonstrate that the propensity of an African army to challenge civil authority was directly tied to its degree of integration into postcolonial society.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book provides a new concept framework for understanding the factors that lead soldiers to challenge civil authority in developing nations. By exploring the causes and effects of the 1964 East African army mutinies, it provides novel insights into the nature of institutional violence, aggression, and military unrest in former colonial societies. The study integrates history and the social sciences by using detailed empirical data on the soldiers' protests in Tanganyika, Uganda, and Kenya. The roots of the 1964 army mutinies in Tanganyika, Uganda, and Kenya were firmly rooted in the colonial past when economic and strategic necessity forced the former British territorial governments to rely on Africans for defense and internal security. As the only group in colonial society with access to weapons and military training, the African soldiery was a potential threat to the security of British rule. Colonial authorities maintained control over African soldiers by balancing the significant rewards of military service with social isolation, harsh discipline, and close political surveillance. After independence, civilian pay levels out-paced army wages, thereby tarnishing the prestige of military service. As compensation, veteran African soldiers expected commissions and improved terms of service when the new governments Africanized the civil service. They grew increasingly upset when African politicians proved unwilling and unable to meet their demands. Yet the creation of new democratic societies removed most of the restrictive regulations that had disciplined colonial African soldiers. Lacking the financial resources and military expertise to create new armies, the independent African governments had to retain the basic structure and character of the inherited armies. Soldiers in Tanganyika, Uganda, and Kenya mutinied in rapid succession during the last week of January 1964 because their governments could no longer maintain the delicate balance of coercion and concessions that had kept the colonial soldiery in check. The East African mutinies demonstrate that the propensity of an African army to challenge civil authority was directly tied to its degree of integration into postcolonial society.
Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315413086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction: dissent, protest and dispute Africa -- Part I Protest and dissent in Africa -- 2 The music of heaven, the music of earth, and the music of brats: Tuareg Islam, the devil, and musical performance -- 3 Finding social change backstage and behind the scenes in South African theatre -- 4 Soccer and political (ex)pression in Africa: the case of Cameroon -- 5 Child labor resistance in southern Nigeria, 1916-38 -- 6 M'Fam goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon Campaign of 1940 -- 7 "Disgraceful disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 Mutiny -- Part II Ethnic/land and other disputes in Africa -- 8 The role of ethnicity in political formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 -- 9 Land, boundaries, chiefs and wars in Nigeria -- 10 Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency -- 11 Rural agrarian land conflicts in postcolonial Nigeria's central region -- 12 The evolution of the Mungiki militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 -- 13 Refugee-warriors and other people's wars in post-colonial Africa: the experience of Rwandese and South African military exiles (1960-94) -- 14 Oiling the guns and gunning for oil: the youth and Niger Delta oil conflicts in Nigeria -- Index
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315413086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction: dissent, protest and dispute Africa -- Part I Protest and dissent in Africa -- 2 The music of heaven, the music of earth, and the music of brats: Tuareg Islam, the devil, and musical performance -- 3 Finding social change backstage and behind the scenes in South African theatre -- 4 Soccer and political (ex)pression in Africa: the case of Cameroon -- 5 Child labor resistance in southern Nigeria, 1916-38 -- 6 M'Fam goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon Campaign of 1940 -- 7 "Disgraceful disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 Mutiny -- Part II Ethnic/land and other disputes in Africa -- 8 The role of ethnicity in political formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 -- 9 Land, boundaries, chiefs and wars in Nigeria -- 10 Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency -- 11 Rural agrarian land conflicts in postcolonial Nigeria's central region -- 12 The evolution of the Mungiki militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 -- 13 Refugee-warriors and other people's wars in post-colonial Africa: the experience of Rwandese and South African military exiles (1960-94) -- 14 Oiling the guns and gunning for oil: the youth and Niger Delta oil conflicts in Nigeria -- Index
Zanzibar
Author: Helen-Louise Hunter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313361967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
In the late 1950s, Communists decided that Zanzibar offered them a particular favorable opportunity for expanding their influence.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313361967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
In the late 1950s, Communists decided that Zanzibar offered them a particular favorable opportunity for expanding their influence.
Guide to African Political and Economic Development
Author: Guy Arnold
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579583149
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579583149
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Islamic Reform in Twentieth-Century Africa
Author: Roman Loimeier
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474414915
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The first comprehensive analysis of Muslim movements of reform in modern sub-Saharan AfricaBased on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform. Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the local context to explain the different trajectories of development.The book studies the social, religious and political impact of these reform movements in both historical and contemporary times and asks why some have become successful as popular mass movements, while others failed to attract substantial audiences. It also considers jihad-minded movements in contemporary Mali, northern Nigeria and Somalia and looks at modes of transnational entanglement of movements of reform. Against the background of a general inquiry into what constitutes areform, the text responds to the question of what areform actually means for Muslims in contemporary Africa.Key featuresBiographies of reformist scholars complement the textCase studies are placed in the context of the dynamics of areform in the larger world of IslamAddresses the importance of trans-national entanglements and their formative powerFocuses on the dynamics of social and religious development, the political dynamics of Islamic areform and issues of youth, generational change and gender
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474414915
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The first comprehensive analysis of Muslim movements of reform in modern sub-Saharan AfricaBased on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform. Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the local context to explain the different trajectories of development.The book studies the social, religious and political impact of these reform movements in both historical and contemporary times and asks why some have become successful as popular mass movements, while others failed to attract substantial audiences. It also considers jihad-minded movements in contemporary Mali, northern Nigeria and Somalia and looks at modes of transnational entanglement of movements of reform. Against the background of a general inquiry into what constitutes areform, the text responds to the question of what areform actually means for Muslims in contemporary Africa.Key featuresBiographies of reformist scholars complement the textCase studies are placed in the context of the dynamics of areform in the larger world of IslamAddresses the importance of trans-national entanglements and their formative powerFocuses on the dynamics of social and religious development, the political dynamics of Islamic areform and issues of youth, generational change and gender
The Statesman's Year-Book 1967-68
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1752
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1752
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Military and Social Change in Colonial Tanganyika, 1919-1964
Author: Kevin K. Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social change
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social change
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description