Pillars of the Nation - Child Citizens and Ugandan National Development : Child Citizens and Ugandan National Development

Acknowledgments ix Introduction The Role of Ugandan Child Citizens in the Struggle for National Development 1 1 Global Rights Discourses, National Developments, and Local Childhoods 42 PART ONE Crucial Components of Child Citizenship 73 2 "Education for All" The Dilemma of Children's Educational Attainment, National Development, and Class Mobility 75 3 "Speaking the English of a Ugandan Person" The Intersections of Children's Identity Formation 101 4 Children's Political Socialization Engagement and Disempowerment 125 PART TWO Actualizations 143 5 "Village Life Is Better Than Town Life" Identity, Migration, and Development in the Lives of Ugandan Child Citizens 145 6 "Our Children Have Only Known War" The Predicament of Children and Childhood in Northern Uganda 167 7 "Did the Constitution Produce My Children!?" Cultural Production and Contestation in Uganda's National Primary School Music Festivals 219 Epilogue 265 Notes 271 References 281 Index 295