Ugandan culture Ugandan culture The Coat of Arms of Uganda is centered on a shield and spears on a green mound. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coat of Arms of Uganda"
Culture of Uganda - Uganda's population is made up of a complex and diverse range of tribes. Lake Kyoga forms the northern boundary for the Bantu-speaking peoples, who dominate much of east, central and southern Africa. In Uganda they include the Baganda and several other tribes. In the north live the Lango and the Acholi, who speak Nilotic languages. To the east are the Iteso and Karamojong, who speak a Nilotic language. A few Pygmies live in the forests of the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culture of Uganda"
The flag of Uganda was adopted in 1962. It consists of six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts the national symbol, a grey-crowned Crane, facing the hoist side. Allegedly, the three colors are representative of African peoples (black), Africa's sunshine (yellow), and red symbolizing African brotherhood (red being the color of the blood, through which all Africans are connected) ** . The bird is fabled for its gentle nature and was also the military badge of Ugandese soldiers during British rule. The flag's colors are derived from those of the Uganda People's Congress. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flag of Uganda"
Moses Isegawa (born August 10, 1963 in Uganda) is an author. He worked as a history teacher before leaving for the Netherlands in 1990. He is the author of Abyssinian Chronicles and Snakepit. He lives in Amsterdam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moses Isegawa"
"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty" is the Ugandan national anthem. It was adopted in 1962 with words and music by George Wilberforce Kakoma. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty"
Okot p'Bitek ( 1931 – July 20, 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for the English version of his Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up the urban life and wishes everything to be Westernised. It was a breakthrough work, creating an audience amongst anglophone Africans for direct, topical poetry in English; and incorporating traditional attitudes and thinking in an accessible yet faithful literary vehicle. Published in 1966, it was followed by the pendant Song of Ocol (1970), the husband's reply. The East African Song School or Okot School poetry is now an academic identification of the work following his direction, also popularly called 'comic singing': a forceful type of dramatic verse monologue rooted in traditional song and phraseology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Okot p'Bitek"
Taban Lo Liyong (born in Sudan ca. 1938) is a Ugandan poet and literary scholar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Taban Lo Liyong" Made by shortopedia.
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