Impacts of British colonial water management on Lake Victoria’s Luo, Sukuma, and Basoga shore-folk, c.1850-present

Introduction In July 1858, English explorer John H. Speke became the first European to set eyes on the source of the River Nile, a large inland body of water located in East Africa that he called “Victoria Nyanza” in honour of the United Kingdom’s Queen.[1] Whilst Western authors glorified Speke’s “discovery” and treated European exploration … Continue reading Impacts of British colonial water management on Lake Victoria’s Luo, Sukuma, and Basoga shore-folk, c.1850-present →

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Miscegenation and mixed-race identity in early to mid-twentieth century Hawaiʻi

*This research was supported by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa "Library Treasures Award" (Summer 2022) Since the early twentieth century, “miscegenation” in Hawaiʻi has received a relatively large amount of attention from U.S. scholars. This is perhaps not surprising, given that the state of Hawaiʻi was, and is still today, home to the nation’s … Continue reading Miscegenation and mixed-race identity in early to mid-twentieth century Hawaiʻi →