Introduction
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1These four articles focus on various historical forms of mobility in 20th century East Africa. Both Ferdinand Mayuguva and Daniel Kituyi Wapukha focus on dependency and how women were forcibly taken away from their families in Western Kenya. Alex Ssebaana examines the welfare of workers in colonial Uganda and highlights a key group involved in running the main colonial East African transport infrastructure. Finally, Betty Kyakyo discusses European and African royal parades in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Uganda, during the 1950s and 1960s, as seen through the lens of VIP and royal visits.
2These novel research papers explore three distinct areas of the history of mobility. One area focuses on the intersection of gender and family studies, examining the forced mobility of women who are kidnapped, beaten, raped, and then forcibly married off with their families' consent. The second examines local travel through the eyes of modern working-class employees with salaries and travel benefits who visit East Africa by train with their families. Finally, the third focuses on VIP tourism and its instrumentalisation by authorities.
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Henri Médard, « Introduction », Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est / The East African Review [En ligne], 62 | 2026, mis en ligne le 22 juillet 2026, consulté le 08 septembre 2026. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/eastafrica/5848 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/16maq
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