A History of East Africa

A History of East Africa, by Odhiambo Atieno, E. S., Ouso, T. I. & Williams, J. F. M. (1977) London: Longman Group Ltd. ISBN 0-582-60886-4.

• It is worth noting the comment of a minor chief in northern Uganda, with whom Sir Samuel Baker stayed: "Most people are bad. If they are strong they take from the weak. The good people are all weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be bad."

• • The chief, Commoro, was speaking to explorer Samuel Baker in 1864. The above quote appears in Baker's In the Heart of Africa. Chapter, XVI, page 82.