Derek Peterson (University of Michigan)</a> on the politics and practice of archives in East Africa, the precarious state of some archives, and exciting possibilities of preservation and digitization at <a href="http://www.mmu.ac.ug/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.mmu.ac.ug']);">Mountains of the Moon University</a> in Uganda; homespun historians in <a href="http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Recasting+the+Past" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.ohioswallow.com']);" target="_blank">Recasting the African Past</a> and Mau Mau prisons in Kenya; and his forthcoming book Pilgrims & Patriots: Conversion, Dissent, & the Making of Civil Societies in East Africa.

Derek Peterson (University of Michigan) on the politics and practice of archives in East Africa, the precarious state of some archives, and exciting possibilities of preservation and digitization at Mountains of the Moon University in Uganda; homespun historians in Recasting the African Past and Mau Mau prisons in Kenya; and his forthcoming book Pilgrims & Patriots: Conversion, Dissent, & the Making of Civil Societies in East Africa.

Derek Peterson (University of Michigan) on the politics and practice of archives in East Africa, the precarious state of some archives, and exciting possibilities of preservation and digitization at <a href="http://www.mmu.ac.ug/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mountains of the Moon University</a> in Uganda; homespun historians in <a href="http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Recasting+the+Past" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recasting the African Past</a> and Mau Mau prisons in Kenya; and his forthcoming book Pilgrims &amp; Patriots: Conversion, Dissent, &amp; the Making of Civil Societies in East Africa.

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