Thread by @JonathonLEarle

On Uganda and WWII. No fewer than 77,000 Ugandans were enlisted during WWII. According to Timothy Parsons' study, approximately 465,572 eastern Africans were enlisted during the war. The Imperial War Museum houses a number of eastern African sources. 1/10

In the opening propaganda poster, we see strategists suggesting that Uganda had too many local car drivers and that they would soon be required to perform in the War to help the country. 2/10

This photograph was taken shortly after the war. It captures a conversation between A.J. Cox, then Resident of Buganda, and Goswa Kasaja of Bugwere. In the conversation, Kasaja recounted the air battles in which he participated. 3/10

One of the more insightful accounts of the formation of Uganda Military Units during WWII is Major E.F. Whitehead's, which is here: ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00080855/000… 4/10

One of the more gripping accounts of postwar life in Uganda is Eridadi Mulira's @Beckstas @MuliraPeter @oscar_mulira @MuliraYah @NKMulira Omw. N’Omuk. Yokana Kaye: Omuzanyo Ogulaga Obufumbo Obwada Obuggya. 5/10

The play was first performed on 25 March 1946 at the residence of the Bishop of Namirembe and was reprinted in Ebifa mu Uganda during the same year. The play explores the challenges of marriage following the War and casts a Christian vision for filial reconciliation. 6/10

The play is also one of the first times that we see the extensive use of the gloss, Omuseveni, to describe veterans. Mulira used it to describe the man with whom Mrs Kaye was sexually involved. He was a member of the 7th Battalion of the King's African Rifles. 7/10

Here are a few images of the script: 8/10

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You may access the play here: repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/25… 10/10