The Roots of Ethnicity: The Origins of the Acholi of Uganda Before 18

by Ronald Raymond Atkinson and Ronald R. Atkinson

In The Roots of Ethnicity, Ronald R. Atkinson argues that although colonial rule and its aftermath have played a major role in shaping the particular manifestations of ethnicity in Africa, many sociohistorical developments crucial to current expressions of ethnicity can be traced to a past long before the colonial period. Atkinson develops his argument through an exhaustive examination of the origins of the collective identity of the Acholi...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812232488
• ISBN13: 9780812232486
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"