Lords of the fly: colonial visions and revision of African sleeping-sickness environments on Ugandan Lake Victoria, 1906-61.

From: Africa | Date: January 1, 1997| Author: Hoppe, Kirk A. | Copyright information

The increasing mortalities caused by the African sleeping-sickness compelled the colonial administration to designate the areas infected by the epidemic, where the first to be identified was Lake Victoria. The administration's attempts to control the spread of the disease raised issues of cost against labor and economy, as well as political relationships with Ugandans and their health aspects. Control measures taken by the administration such as depopulation, strategic clearing and resettleme...

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