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The Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa - The Asian Contribution (Hardcover)
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The Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa - The Asian Contribution (Hardcover)
Series: Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa
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Robert G. Gregory challenges the apparent assumption that
non-Western peoples lack a significant indigenous philanthropic
culture. Focusing on the large South Asian community in East
Africa, he relates how, over a century, they built a philanthropic
culture of great magnitude, and how it finally collapsed under the
ascendency of increasing state regulation and policies directed
against non-African communities. Compelled by poverty to seek
better oppurtunities overseas, most Asians arrived in East Africa
as peasant farmers. Denied access to productive land and sensing
economic opportunity, they turned to business. Despite severe forms
of racial discrimination in the colonial society, they suffered few
restrictions on their business enterprises and some became very
wealthy. Gregory's historical analysis shows philanthropy as an
important contribution, one that stemmed from deep roots in Hindu,
Muslim, and Buddhist culture. The sense of nonracial social
responsibility cultivated social, medical, and educational
facilities designed for all. This age of philanthropy terminated
with the Asian exodus. The socialist and racial policies adopted by
East African governments over the past few decades have virtually
destroyed the foundation necessary for philanthropy as well as the
distinct Asian cultural identity. Gregory's account of the East
Asian's role in philanthropy deserves great attention and sober
reflection.
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