Contingent Homes, Contingent Nation: Rwandan Settlers in Uganda, 1911-64 by Ashley Brooke Rockenbach A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in the University of Michigan 2018 Doctoral Committee: Professor Derek Peterson, Co-Chair Associate Professor Pamela Ballinger, Co-Chair Professor Emerita Catharine Newbury, Smith College Professor Anne Pitcher Professor Elisha Renne Ashley B. Rockenbach
[email protected] ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7599-1959 © Ashley B. Rockenbach 2018 Dedication For Ananda, of course. For Linda and Ron Rockenbach. ii Acknowledgements This was a long road, and I have many people who journeyed with me. I could not have asked for more supportive co-advisors than Derek Peterson and Pamela Ballinger. Their intellectual mentorship, reliable collegiality, practical wisdom, and good humor encouraged me to keep coming back to the computer screen to put more words on page. I thank them for reading and commenting on every piece of paper I have ever sent them, and for always being my greatest advocates as well as my most constructive critics. Derek gave me multiple opportunities to participate in archives preservation work in Uganda, which turned out to be some of the most rewarding experiences of my graduate career. Pam, in addition to her intellectual investment in my work, was also an important guide and mentor through some of the darker moments of research and writing, helping me turn frustration into a productive resource. Anne Pitcher and Elisha Renne believed in this project from the very beginning. Anne’s commitment to interdisciplinarity, combined with her deep understanding of the state in Africa, significantly shaped how I think about governance, borders, and political authority.