The Centre of African Studies (CAS) in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) are delighted to invite you to the following seminar:
Migrancy, Resource Contestation and Citizenship Claims in Uganda’s Oil Region
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Tunanukye, Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Makarere University, Uganda
Since the 1990s, there has been waves of migration from different areas of Uganda and across borders into Bunyoro region. Migration has aroused suspicion from the natives of the region resulting into persistent conflicts with the “Bafuruki” - migrants. This paper argues that due to oil resources, the Albertine region has been at the centre of persistent ‘ethnic’ conflicts and resource contestations, especially land. Using oral interviews conducted in 2020 and documentary review, the study notes migrancy as a major trigger to conflicts in the oil region. Drawing from Lee’s theory of migration regarding pull and push factors, the study points to oil resource as a “pull” to many Ugandans from different areas into Bunyoro which has put pressure on land leading to conflicts since the 1990s. The paper suggests the state involvement in the regulation of immigration into the Albertine region and the locals’ involvement in the exploitation of oil resources.
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