Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in East Africa written by Peter G. Forster and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-03-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and ethnicity continue to be important if unwelcome factors in modern politics. This is evident in East Africa, where the ethnic factor is often dominant in multi-party elections and in Rwanda and Burundi bloodshed and genocidal attacks have been linked to ethnic difference. This book examines the phenomena of race and ethnicity in general, but with particular reference to East Africa. The impact of non-indigenous groups is considered, along with ethnic differences between Africans and the relevance of tourism and religion.