COMING SOON: Two Kingdoms of Uganda brings together the best of Cedric Pulford’s two previous books on African history – Eating Uganda (1999) and Casualty of Empire (2007) – plus new material. This includes the full text of Dr David Livingstone’s famous 1857 speech at the Senate House, Cambridge, which spurred the missionary movement in Africa. New chapters about Barotseland (in what is now Zambia) and Asante (Ghana) bring a comparative perspective to the Uganda experience of colonialism.

Even if you have Eating Uganda and Casualty of Empire you’re likely to want Two Kingdoms of Uganda.  It isn’t two books simply bundled together. The text is woven into a seamless whole to bring out the full drama of the contrasting fates of the two kingdoms, Buganda and Bunyoro.

In the late 19th century, one kingdom welcomed the British and the other fought them. The effects of those choices resonate in Uganda to this day.

Two Kingdoms of Uganda is due this December with a projected selling price of £11.99. Order and pay now for just £6.00 per copy, with free delivery within the UK. Offer details (open until 30.9.10): info@pulfordmedia.co.uk

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