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This “History of Busoga” is a translation
of the original work of Mr. Y.K. Lubogo
which was written in Luganda between 1921
and 1938. While considerable effort has been
made to produce a readable English version,
the objective of the translation is to preserve
the content and style of the original work
rather than produce a literary work. The
facts and figures given were set forth by Mr.
Y.K. Lubogo and have not been checked by
the Literature Committee. It is a pity that
such a long delay has occurred between
the completion of the manuscript and the
publication of the book. Nevertheless, it
is fortunate that this newly constituted
Literature Committee has been able to
produce for distribution the result of so many
years hard work by the author. Since there has
been this lapse in time between the writing of
the original work and the appearance of this
edition “The History of Busoga” is far from
up-to-date and readers have to remember
that when the author refers to “present day
conditions”, he naturally means at the time he
was writing; some time prior to 1939. |
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