In Idi Amin's Shadow: Women, Gender, and Militarism in Uganda

by Alicia C. Decker

Book Overview

Finalist for the 2015 Aidoo-Snyder Prize

In Idi Amin's Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women's complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin's military state. Based on more than one hundred interviews with women who survived the regime, as well as a wide range of primary sources, this book reveals how the violence of Amin's militarism resulted in both opportunities and challenges for women. Some assumed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821421182
• ISBN13: 9780821421185
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"