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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp017h149s678| Title: | Managing and Transforming an African University: Personal Experience at Makerere University, 1973-2004 |
| Contributors: | Ssebuwufu, John Pancras Mukasa |
| Keywords: | Makerere University Universities and colleges Africa Chancellors Principals Administration Teacher Education Communication |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) |
| Place of Publication: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Series/Report no.: | Codesria book series |
| Description: | A friend once lamented that one of Africa’s weaknesses was that Africans did not write much about themselves, that foreigners write most of what he reads about Africa and the major events shaping the future of the continent. Going by the volume of literature I had seen and read about our continent written by Africans, I thought my friend was unfairly criticising Africans. However, as I approached retirement, I began to wonder how many books had been written about the good and the bad at Makerere ever since it became a national university in 1970. Although a quick search indicated that, over the years, scores of scholars had written a lot about Makerere’s glorious past, its fortunes and tribulations, most of this literature was scattered in journals and other academic publications not easily accessible to an ordinary person. With the exception of Professor Margaret McPherson’s They Built for the Future, published by Cambridge University Press in 1964 and Professor Alexander Odonga’s The History of the Medical School, published in the early 2000s, and one or two others, I could hardly find any other book written on the university. Neither had any of my predecessors written a full account of their experiences, perhaps understandably so, given the circumstances under which most of them left office, some never to be seen alive again. For that reason, I counted myself among the lucky former leaders of Makerere. I served a long tenure and was lucky not to be thrown out of office unceremoniously. Having been so privileged, I thought I had no excuse to let my long experience as staff and Vice Chancellor go undocumented. I was not only Makerere’s student, leader and top manager but also one of its longest serving members of staff. I was there at the beginning of its long difficult years. I was also there when the university began to see some semblance of recovery. That was a rich experience. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp017h149s678 |
| ISSN: | 978-2-86978-716-2 |
| Related resource: | http://www.codesria.org |
| Appears in Collections: | Serials and series reports (Publicly Accessible) - CODESRIA |
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| MTAU0prelim-2.pdf | 158.72 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU1-makerere_the_university_is_born.pdf | 105.28 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU2-makerere_s_chancellors.pdf | 230.64 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU3-makerere_s_principals-.pdf | 96.65 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU4-makerere_s_vice_chancellor.pdf | 270.31 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU5-my_own_experience.pdf | 71.09 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU6-the_kyambogo_years_1990_-_1993_.pdf | 279.68 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU7-my_experience-_the_return_to_makerere.pdf | 330.33 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU8-the_experience_and_recollection.pdf | 2.63 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU9-makerere_university_s_revenues_1993_-_2004.pdf | 146.58 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU10-general_administration.pdf | 198.23 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU11-the_information_and_communication.pdf | 123.77 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU12-makerere_university_s.pdf | 665.99 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU13-honours_and_honorary_degrees.pdf | 97.43 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU14-choosing_a_new_chancellor_and_a_successor.pdf | 112.36 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU15-makerere_university_in_the_21st_century.pdf | 73.01 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU16-biography.pdf | 62.4 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| MTAU17-index.pdf | 218.51 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download |
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