When Joyce Orishaba was 6, her life could not have been more different than it is now. She was an orphan in Uganda, “sleeping with nothing but a banana leaf over my shoulders to keep me warm,” ...

Africa is one continent with a rich cultural heritage that ranges from fascinating to unusual. One tribe that has quite a set of unusual traditions is the Luo tribe also called Joluo or Jonagi/Onagi.

One hundred words. That’s all 17-year-old Joyce Orishaba of Rancho Bernardo was allowed to use to convey the most powerful memories in her life. And it got her published in the New York Times. Stream ...

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With the difficulties, many of them are opting to identify as other tribal groupings, which could lead to extinction of the group. When John Ndagize’s Ugandan passport expired, he went to the ...

As the founder and director of an Indianapolis-based nonprofit called Shifting Ideas Through Educating African Women, Inc. (SitEAW), Santana works with volunteers and raises money to help vulnerable ...

In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – ...

The beneficiary of the luck was Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s influential brother Gen Caleb Akandwanaho, aka Salim Saleh, who Katumba rescued in 1981. Saleh returned the favour in 1986 when ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When it comes to Uganda, travelers will immediately remember a vast expanse of savannah across the country, a diverse ethnic culture, and a wealth of wildlife. Besides safari ...