The Tyranny of the Learned: Unmasking Empire’s Legacy in Uganda
Obote Odora’s Betrayal and Dependency: The Legacy of British Colonialism in Uganda is no ordinary postcolonial tract. It is a fierce reckoning, a meticulously sourced jeremiad, and an eloquent excoriation of the twin maladies of imperialism and elite complicity. In prose that dances between erudition and polemic, Odora accomplishes what few scholars dare: he pierces the veil of nationalist nostalgia. He forces us to confront the post-independence African state, not as a site of liberation, but as a shadow puppet animated by its colonial puppeteer. This book is not content to merely document colonial malfeasance. It seeks, and succeeds, in…