The works of Ugandan playwright John Ruganda (1941-2007) have primarily been concerned with the failure of decolonization and the concomitant abuse of power as an impediment to the realization of dynamic future. His purpose is to raise the social and political consciousness of the Ugandan masses and alert them to the massive abuse of power and political corruption that have spread in post-independence Uganda like a malignant cancer. His post-colonial play, The floods (1980), which will be the focus of the present paper, represents this phenomenon in his writing. The play presents a universal perspective of the human condition as victimized by power-hungry tyrants whose evil deeds have finally led to instituting a society of violence, apathy, and moral degeneracy. Ruganda exposes a system of exploitation based on a master-slave relationship, a system which is very much similar to that of the colonial era.
Khalifa, M. J. (2011). Abuse of Power and Political Corruption in Post-independence Uganda: A study of John Ruganda's The Floods. Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 39(January- March), 371-392. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2011.5941
MLA
Muhammad Jalal Khalifa. "Abuse of Power and Political Corruption in Post-independence Uganda: A study of John Ruganda's The Floods". Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 39, January- March, 2011, 371-392. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2011.5941
HARVARD
Khalifa, M. J. (2011). 'Abuse of Power and Political Corruption in Post-independence Uganda: A study of John Ruganda's The Floods', Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 39(January- March), pp. 371-392. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2011.5941
VANCOUVER
Khalifa, M. J. Abuse of Power and Political Corruption in Post-independence Uganda: A study of John Ruganda's The Floods. Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 2011; 39(January- March): 371-392. doi: 10.21608/aafu.2011.5941
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