Best 8 Uganda Traditional Dances
From the north to South, East to West, Uganda is endowed with numerous tribes (totaling to over 54 tribes), each with interesting cultures as...
Batwa People: Marginalized People of Uganda
In the year 1992, the Batwa were living in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park of Uganda. Plans were in high gear...
Engagement and Marriage in Busoga
The Basoga, ethnically a Bantu tribe, live in the southeastern part of Uganda, between Lake Kyoga and the northern shores of Lake Victoria (known...
Mato Oput: The Acholi Justice System
"Mato Oput is an elaborate system of reconciliation and mediation which was developed by the Luo community to settle disputes among their community.
However, Acholi...
Kasubi Tombs
We cannot turn back time but we can preserve it from being lost and�the Kasubi royal tombs are arguably one of the best examples...
The Uganda Museum: The Custodian of Uganda’s Heritage
If seeing is believing, then you need to visit the Uganda Museum. To clearly understand Uganda's multicultural past, you will have to visit the...
Kuukaala Ipaalu: Not a man until you have done it among the Bagisu
On the southern and western foothills of Mount Elgon in Mbale district, about 360 kilometers east of Kampala, live the Bagisu/Bamasaaba who, for...
Barkcloth: Buganda’s Vintage Dress
Olubugo (bark cloth) often invokes fear of death in many circles of Uganda's society. Yet in many others it represents original Africa and symbolizes...
Buganda’s Okwabya Olumbe and the Tradition of Installing a Heir
What is Okwabya Olumbe? This is the question I posed to Daniel Kamoga, one of the few people considered as custodians of knowledge on...
Kwanjula: The Baganda Traditional Marriage
The traditional marriage or give away ceremony in Buganda is one function you will get to hate and like in almost equal proportions. The...