Uganda Information

People of Uganda : the country of Uganda is an exemplary instance of unity in diversity. Once united with the intension that their differences will only breed discontent and discord, the people of Uganda shocked the schemers that they were capable of transcending such petty limitations. A brief list of the tribes and ethnicities that make up Uganda are the Baganda, the Ankole, the Basoga, the Rwanda, the Acholi, the Lugbara, the Bunyoro, the Bagwere, the Karamojong and the Rundi. Among the non-Africans that make up the population are Europeans, Asians and Arabs.

Arts, Culture and Music of Uganda :

Art : hand-made paper products like Cards , photo frames, photo albums and batik works are two of the most famous of the art forms in Uganda.

Culture : the Ugandan culture is an example in diversity as it is influenced by the distinct cultures of several tribes and ethnic races. There are the Bantu, Baganda, Lango, Acholi, Iteso, Karamojong and also Pygmies who go about to make the rich cultural heritage of Uganda.

Music : given that the country of Uganda comprises of several ethnic groups, it is only obvious that each of them should have a different and distinct form of music from the other clans. However, one thing that most of them have in common is the fact that music is viewed as a cultural heritage and so is passed down in hierarchy.

Most of the songs narrate fables and folklore. One of Uganda's very famous lyricists is Okot p'Bitek. Some of the commonly used instruments that accompany the songs are the Ennanga, Ndigindi, Amadinda, Entongoli, and Lukeme.

Flag of Uganda : the flag of Uganda is rectangular in shape and is dominated by colors that are commonly known as pro-African. The colors in the flag are red, black and yellow. These three colors appear in six horizontal stripes of equal size in the sequence of black-yellow-red (top to bottom). At the centre of the flag is a white disk housing Uganda's national bird – a red-crest crane – which faces the left.

Economy of Uganda : one of the primary revenue earners of Uganda is its agricultural produce. Tea, cotton, coffee and tobacco are the chief agricultural exports. The mining and tourism industry cut a close second while raking in the revenues. Mining of copper, limestone, cobalt and salt is wide spread. Uganda does not stop at that. It goes further into the industry of manufacturing steel, processing sugar, packaging and processing food, brewing, textiles and also cement. No wonder that is has the fastest growing economy in the continent.

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