The Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa: The Asian Contribution

by Robert G. Gregory

Robert G. Gregory challenges the apparent assumption that non-Western peoples lack a significant indigenous philanthropic culture. Focusing on the large South Asian community in East Africa, he relates how, over a century, they built a philanthropic culture of great magnitude, and how it finally collapsed under the ascendency of increasing state regulation and policies directed against non-African communities.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138538272
• ISBN13: 9781138538276
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"