Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest protected area covering an area of 3,893 square kilometers. The area extends to include Karuma (675 sq.km) and Bugungu (501 sq.km) buffer reserves in the southern sector. The park is located in…
QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
History; The history of Queen Elizabeth national park is fascinating. In the first quarter of the 1990’s in 1925, a department was set up to stop the Elephants from marauding villages and destroying cultivation- the overall aim being to keep the within…
THE BATOORO PEOPLE & CULTURE
The Batooro inhabit the districts of Kabarole and Kasese. Their area has been infiltrated by many migrants from other parts of western Uganda, particularly the Bakiga.To their east live Banyoro; to their north are the Bamba and Bakonjo; to their…
THE OKEBU PEOPLE & CULTURE
The Okebu form one of the seven ethnic groups which in habit the northwestern section of Uganda. They live between the Alur, the Lendu and the Lugbara on the highlands in the extreme northwest of Uganda. Origins Okebu traditions insist that there are of…
THE METU
The Metu are lovers of beauty. They used to smear themselves with a type of red earth known in their language as era. They mixed it with simsim oil, shea-buter or castor oil. Mothers and their new born babies would be completely smeared so as to make…