Adar, Korwa Gombe, Kasaija Phillip Apuuli, Agnes Lucy Lando, PLO-Lumumba, and Juliana Masabo, eds. Popular Participation in the Integration of the East African Community: Eastafricanness and Eastafricanization.

• Author: Abidde, Sabella O.

Adar, Korwa Gombe, Kasaija Phillip Apuuli, Agnes Lucy Lando, PLO-Lumumba, and Juliana Masabo, eds. Popular Participation in the Integration of the East African Community: Eastafricanness and Eastafricanization. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020.

The African continent looms large in the psyche of many scholars, public intellectuals, and commentators. Africa is a cathedral of abundant human and natural resources--resources that far exceed what is needed to transform its many states and societies from agrarianism to an industrialized and modern society. But that is not the case; rather, it is characterized by underdeveloped political systems, stagnated economies, and severe basic human needs. Even so, there have been genuine efforts at progress through various means and more so through the establishment of economic communities. There are many such intergovernmental entities all over the continent, including the East African Community (EAC), made up of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Regional integration is primarily about trade and economic possibilities.

In theory, these blocs are established ostensibly to raise the...