And Fire Does Not Always Beget Ash: Critical Reflections on the NRM --UGANDA

by Mahmood Mamdani

When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in Uganda in 1986, they promised to bring democracy to the nation exhausted from 20 years of civil strife. And Fire Does Not Always Beget Critical Reflections on the NRM brings together seven talks, covering the period between 1986-1994, in which Mahmood Mamdani, Uganda's leading political thinker, assesses the successes - and failures - of the NRM in power. Written in Mamdani's lucid style, the book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding President Yowen Museveni's Uganda. (from book cover)

133 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Mahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University and Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research in Kampala. He is the author of Citizen and Subject, When Victims Become Killers, and Good Muslim, Bad Muslim.

Mamdani is married to Mira Nair, the acclaimed Indian film director and producer. Mamdani and Nair's only son, Zohran Mamdani, is the mayor-elect of New York City.