How distorted history raises concerns over what students learn

Field Marshal John Okello (front, centre) with some of his supporters of the Zanzibar Revolution. [Courtesy/MonitorUG]

It’s been “back to school” preoccupation since last week, but back to school to study what?, Imbibe which values? Acquire knowledge that serve whose interest? Learn to align with which historical thread?

These Ngugi Wa Thiong’o-like questions have been crossing my mind from the time I visited the Mbale Islamic University Department of Political Science in Uganda last week.