In The Roots of Ethnicity, Ronald R. Atkinson argues that although
colonial rule and its aftermath have played a major role in shaping
the particular manifestations of ethnicity in Africa, many
sociohistorical developments crucial to current expressions of
ethnicity can be traced to a past long before the colonial period.
Atkinson develops his argument through an exhaustive examination of
the origins of the collective identity of the Acholi of present-day
northern Uganda. His study makes clear that by the time of European
conquest the essential foundations and the crucial parameters for
the evolution of Acholi society and ethnic consciousness had long
been established. In presenting his argument for the need to extend
the existing scholarship on ethnicity in Africa beyond its
twentieth-century focus, Atkinson provides what is perhaps the most
detailed reconstruction and analysis yet available of the pre-1800
evolution of an African sociopolitical order. Beyond these
contributions to the study of African history, The Roots of
Ethnicity provides an extended case study in and a convincing
argument for the use of oral sources in the reconstruction and
interpretation of the African past. It will be of interest to
students and scholars of anthropology, history, and African
studies, as well as to all those interested in ethnicity and the
politics of identity.
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