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...
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...
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...
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...
Tracing the Origin of the Gomesi / Busuuti
In African culture, women's decency was valued highly. This decency was portrayed in many forms including dressing, which in many tribes reflected mannerism. As...
Bukonzo’s Unique Culture and Way of Life
On thinking of the Bakonzo what will spring to many people's mind is probably the fact that they are the other tribe in Uganda,...
Celebrating the Uganda Martyrs’ Day
Uganda martyrs day is celebrated every 3rd June of every day and many people flock to the Uganda Martyrs’ Basilica Namugongo to remember these...
Nyom – The Acholi Marriage
Unitary, determined, ambitious or candid; any of these terms might be a fitting description for the Acholi. For a long time, this Ugandan tribe...
Funerals Among the Bagwere
A story is told of one affluent traveler who, on his way through Pallisa, stopped by the roadside to buy some sweet potatoes at...