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Acronyms and Abbreviations i Acknowledgments vii Preface ix Prologue: Makerere and the Idea of an "African University" 1 Part I: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of Makerere 9 Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Higher Education for East Africans 10 Chapter 2: Becoming a University College 24 Chapter 3: The Glory Years of Makerere University College: The 1950s and 1960s 53 Chapter 4: Makerere University College and the University of East Africa (1963-70) 80 Chapter 5: Research, Curriculum, and Teaching in the 1960s 111 Chapter 6: Decline and Persistence (1970-86) 147 Chapter 7: From Ivory Tower to Lighthouse: Makerere as a National University (1986- 2000) 179 Part II: Five Case Studies 209 Chapter 8: The Medical School 210 Chapter 9: Art and the "Educated Man" 245 Chapter 10: Cultivating the Faculty of Agriculture 276 Chapter 11: Libraries and Librarianship 298 Chapter 12: "Very Small . . . Very Mighty": Women and the Rise of Women and Gender Studies 315 Part III: Three Themes 337 Chapter 13: Relationships with Governments 338 Chapter 14: Staff Development 373 Chapter 15: Beyond the Ivory Tower--Three Examples 412 Epilogue 437 Appendices Appendix 1--Uganda: A Selective Chronology 444 Appendix 2--Makerere: A Selective Chronology 455 Interview Subjects 470 Bibliography 473 Index 539
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Makerere University -- History.
Education, Higher -- Uganda -- History.