Political leadership in Busoga.
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1968
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University of East Africa
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The survey had two aims. One was to obtain information on the social background, activities, and political attitudes of the Soga leaders. The second was to try and see if there was any correlation between level of education and attitudes. On social background, the survey showed that the Soga political leadership was overwhelmingly male, predominantly Christian (Protestant), and general polygamous. In terms of education, economic position, and general standard of living they were, on the whole, above the level of the average mane in Busoga. On political and social life the survey found that the Soga political leadership was spatially distributed all over Busoga. On political leadership and the political system, the survey showed that the attitudes of the Soga political leadership towards the political system was diffuse. There was neither an overwhelming preference for, nor an overwhelming disapproval of any of the component part of the system. On values and beliefs of the political leadership, the survey showed that the Soga political leaders were basically conservative. Though they would like to get the benefits of a modern society, they still remained closely tied to their traditional way of life in terms of beliefs and values. On perspectives, though the Soga leaders showed a fairly high degree of geographical mobility, and tried to keep in touch with current affairs by listening to the radio and reading newspapers regularly, their political horizons were limited mainly to their East Africa environment. And on the Asian problem, the Soga political leaders were keenly aware that Asians constituted a thorny problem in their country. Though a few conceded that Asian had contributed to the development of their country, on the whole there was a deep sense of distrust for the Asian. It was largely felt that conflict between Asian and African was inevitable. Early work on the population of the eastern part of Africa has tended to stress the importance of broad physical environmental factors in producing the patterns of distribution and varying density (Trewartha and Zelinsky, 1954 pl 35 et seq). While the significance of low and unreliable rainfall or lack of domestic water is not to be denied there have also been a number of historical, social and demographic elements in the recent population situation. This study therefore attempts to indicate some of the components of a situation producing and modifying area patterns of population. The postwar censuses in Tanganyika, and the extensive mapping at 1:50,000 based on air photographs taken during the same period provide more detailed information above population and settlement then had hitherto been available in the Southern Highlands. Therefore in this thesis the problems and possibilities of cartographic representation are first examined while through the application of the distribution and density of population in this area is obtained. Population number is the first consideration but published census material permits some examination of certain aspects of population composition. In Ch II the geographic distribution, the extent of areal and temporal variation, and the degree of correlation between the components of the population are examined.
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Busoga district, Uganda, Politics and Government, Social life and customs, Local government
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Hansen, E. (1968). Political leadership in Busoga. Masters dissertation, University of East Africa. Available at (http://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspx?parentpriref=)