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This thesis explores anticolonial uses for citizenship through study of Uganda and Tanzania. Citizenship originated in Africa as part of the colonial agenda. European imperialists used citizenship laws to carve out divisions and hierarchies designed to uphold white supremacy. If citizenship was used to institute colonial hierarchies, could it be re-engineered toward combatting those hierarchies? ... read moreThis thesis will analyze Ugandan and Tanzanian citizenship policies from independence until 1995 to explain different African approaches to postcolonial citizenship.
Thesis (B.A.)--Tufts University, 2023.
Submitted to the International Relations Program.
Committee: Oxana Shevel, Pearl Robinson.read less
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