In its narrowest sense East Africa includes the three modern republics of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. All three of them were heirs to the early British colonies and continue to show a deep British influence. English is one of the official languages of...

East African religions do not form a single coherent body of beliefs and practices. They show great diversity in myths and cosmologies and in beliefs about the nature of spiritual powers; in kinds and authority of ritual experts; in the situations when...

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern...

East Africa. Edited by Malyn Newitt. Portuguese Encounters with the World in the Age of the Discoveries. Aldershot and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2002. Pp. xxxii, 192; 2 maps, 12 illus., cloth, $79.95/£45.00. This excellent collection gathers together fifty-two primary sources or excerpts from...

General 1661 Askew, K.M., As Plato duly warned: music, politics and social change in coastal East Africa. Anthropological quarterly 76 4 2003 609-637 1662 Job, H. Metsler, D., Tourismuseumwicklung und Tourismuspolitik in Ostafrika. Geographische Rundschau 55 7/8 2003 10-17 1663...

The United States said Friday it will provide more than $14 million in security assistance to Kenya to boost efforts to combat terrorist activities in the east African nation.The fund will be used to help train and equip four coastal security patrol units, set up...

Despite recent setbacks to Islamic radicals in Somalia, foreign terrorists are still able to find a safe haven there because of a lack of governance in the country, contributing to a growing security threat throughout East Africa, according to a White House report.The report, submitted...