Tooro And Her Peoples
Jul 24, 2003
FINALLY, here comes the answers to all questions you may have asked about Tooro and her people, the Batooro. Atwooki Rwagweri has written a book, Tooro and Her Peoples: Past, present and Future, that will answer your questions about the batooro.
Author: Atwooki Rwagweri
Reviewed by: Gerald Businge
Price: Sh10,000
Year of Publication: 2003
Available at: All bookshops Pages: 110
Publisher: Rwagweri Communications
FINALLY, here comes the answers to all questions you may have asked about Tooro and her people, the Batooro. Atwooki Rwagweri has written a book, Tooro and Her Peoples: Past, present and Future, that will answer your questions about the batooro.
Rwagweri tells you about their fascinating scenery, beauty and friendliness, and why they are the way they are.
The book presents the evolutionary changes in culture, economy, interaction and politics from Tooro’s far past, which Rwagweri says is necessary to understand the present and project the future. This he does with amazing philosophical dexterity.
Divided into two parts, Rwagweri’s book takes the reader through the origin and identity of Tooro by giving the psychosocial and geo-political underpinnings that make Tooro a distinct geographical entity.
In the second part the author explains the kingdom’s political system by discussing the concepts of power, authority and leadership.
If you read between the lines here, you will not miss the author’s political ambitions. For instance, he laments about Tooro’s uncompetitive development and how his beloved kingdom has failed to provide competitive candidates for national leadership!
“ ...To effectively mobilise the batooro for development, you need to begin from what they know. And what they know is their heritage. When they are proud of what they are, then they would develop confidence to move forward,†Rwagweri says.
His spirit of argument bears his abounding love and concern for King Oyo’s Kingdom, the kingdom of “Abatooroâ€, meaning ‘people set for ceremony’.
Because of his economics background, Rwagweri spends time arguing about Tooro’s economic system.
Rwagweri, also the founder and director of Engabu Za Tooro (shields) ably explains several concepts like leadership and development and has given a resourceful book to all people interested in developing their communities.
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Reviewed by: Gerald Businge
Price: Sh10,000
Year of Publication: 2003
Available at: All bookshops Pages: 110
Publisher: Rwagweri Communications
FINALLY, here comes the answers to all questions you may have asked about Tooro and her people, the Batooro. Atwooki Rwagweri has written a book, Tooro and Her Peoples: Past, present and Future, that will answer your questions about the batooro.
Rwagweri tells you about their fascinating scenery, beauty and friendliness, and why they are the way they are.
The book presents the evolutionary changes in culture, economy, interaction and politics from Tooro’s far past, which Rwagweri says is necessary to understand the present and project the future. This he does with amazing philosophical dexterity.
Divided into two parts, Rwagweri’s book takes the reader through the origin and identity of Tooro by giving the psychosocial and geo-political underpinnings that make Tooro a distinct geographical entity.
In the second part the author explains the kingdom’s political system by discussing the concepts of power, authority and leadership.
If you read between the lines here, you will not miss the author’s political ambitions. For instance, he laments about Tooro’s uncompetitive development and how his beloved kingdom has failed to provide competitive candidates for national leadership!
“ ...To effectively mobilise the batooro for development, you need to begin from what they know. And what they know is their heritage. When they are proud of what they are, then they would develop confidence to move forward,†Rwagweri says.
His spirit of argument bears his abounding love and concern for King Oyo’s Kingdom, the kingdom of “Abatooroâ€, meaning ‘people set for ceremony’.
Because of his economics background, Rwagweri spends time arguing about Tooro’s economic system.
Rwagweri, also the founder and director of Engabu Za Tooro (shields) ably explains several concepts like leadership and development and has given a resourceful book to all people interested in developing their communities.
Ends