ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the status-role adjustment of twenty-seven Africans who, in 1961, had been appointed to Executive and Managerial posts in private industry in the city of Kampala, Uganda. These Africans represent 'the new elite' in the history of industrial bureaucracy in Kampala. Although by 1961 the policy of localization of staff in industry and in the Civil Service was fairly well accepted, at least in principle, in East Africa, Africanization of the very high posts had not advanced very far. In view of the alienness, it is necessary to include data on contacts and relationships between the new African bureaucrats and the 'traditional' Euro-Asian bureaucrats during and outside office hours. An important factor in the adjustment of an individual to his status-role is the kinds of contacts and relationships he has with the occupants of relevant status-roles, especially if the latter are racio-ethnically different.
