Homosexuality in Precolonial Africa

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword: How to Read this Book 

Notes on Ganda Titles Used in the Text

List of the Main Historical Characters in the Text

Map of the Kingdom of Buganda

Introduction
The rise of a militant scientific literature turned towards the present, struggling to understand the African past
Underused and unique sources on same sex intimacies in Buganda 
Putting words on sexual intimacies in Buganda: an impossible dilemma full of traps and contradictions
Buganda Kingdom in the late 19th century
The return of debates over homosexuality in contemporary Uganda
Outline of the work

Chapter 1. Old Customs and New Zanzibari Understanding
Same-sex intimacies embedded in sacred kingship
The myth of the Arab origin of "sodomy" 
Slaves and pages: same-sex intimacies in the royal capital of Buganda
Conclusion 

Chapter 2. The New Christian Sin of “Sodomy” (1879–1888)
Cyprien Mutagwanya, a reluctant royal lover (1882) 
The Uganda Martyrs, “sodomy” and subversion 
A Catholic king's cumbersome passion for boys and hemp (1888–1892) 
Conclusion

Chapter 3. Neutralising King Mwanga’s Power (1892–1899) and the Politics of Homophobia
Keeping a reluctant and sinful king Anglican
The politics of the first Ganda anti-sodomy law (1896)
Homophobia? 
Conclusion

General Conclusion 

Annexes 

Annex 1. Uganda Martyrs
(List of Witnesses)

Annex 2. Notes on the Cover Illustratio 
“Mwanga; Kabaka of Uganda; 1893”

Annex 3. Relunctant Lovers, Mwanga Grows to Hate Christians 
(Stanislas Mugwanya, Mathieu Lubowa Kirevu, Joseph Nsingisira and Aleni Nganda)

Annex 4. Mwanga’s Religious and Sexual Ambivalence 
(Rubaga Diary) 

Annex 5. November 1893–January 1894: Mwanga An
Unwilling Protestant (White Fathers)

Annex 6. Three Versions of Mwanga’s Aborted Return to Catholicism
White Fathers, Gibbs and Miti (23 July–2 August 1894)

Annex 7. Apolo Kagwa: The Anti-Sodomy Law of December 1896 

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