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"The Rupee Disease": Taxation, Authority, and Social Conditions in Early Colonial Uganda
Academic journal article from The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 39, No. 2
Beginning of article
Introduction
Ugandans faced great hardships as the deadline for the 1901 tax season drew near: chiefs forced people to sell livestock; robberies increased as people sought cash; men abandoned their families and houses rather than pay the taxes owed on dwellings; and famine struck areas where food production had dropped after farmers migrated in search of paid employment. Some Ugandans attributed their suffering to a new affliction: "the rupee disease."1 The imposition of taxes to be paid in cash initiated waves of change that swept through society-whether it was directly causal or merely coincident, people associated hardships and famine in 1901 with the introduction of …
