Uganda

Uganda is a country located in Eastern Africa that is bordered by five different countries. These countries are Sudan, DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Much of Uganda can be classified as a plateau, with numerous small hills and valleys and extensive savanna plains. Seven-teen percent of Uganda is water. The national holiday in Uganda is Independence Day, which is on October 9th.
James Makubuya was born and brought up in the culture of the Baganda, Buganda Kingdom. In the south central region of the East African nation of Uganda. He has a Master of Music degree in Western Music, a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and currently an Associate Professor of Music, Department of Music, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. Makubuya is both a teacher and a musician. He has published many articles on organology in the Galpin Society Journal. James can play many different types of instruments, and he is an accomplished dancer and choreographer. He has studied with several master musicians from various East African musical traditions. James has traveled to various amounts of cities in Africa, Asia, Canada, North and South America, Europe, and Israel, as performer. In all the cities he presented lec

Uganda has been created by the union of many peoples. Ancient people with their own traditional lands, their own customs and a way of life inherited from their ancestors. They now live together as one people. The largest cultural group are the Baganda people. The religions that the Uganda people have are Christianity, Muslim, Jewish, Hindus and many more. Everybody is free to practice their own religion and they have many festivals and celebrations at their temples and churches.

Tropical’ climate. Uganda has three sub-climatic zones differentiated mainly by altitude

Uganda got its name from a hunter who came from Unyoro. He was a poor man that hunted to feed his family and was so successful, that he was soon feeding people all around. He was eventually named Kimera, the first King of Buganda. Uganda is populated by about twenty-three million people and is characterized by diversity. There are over twenty-five ethnic groups and multiple languages and dialects. Although there are four main ethnic groups in Uganda which all have different origins. These are the Bantus, the Nilotics, the NiloHamitics and the Sudanics. At the time of the first exploration of Uganda there were three main kingdoms, each ruled by a Monarch and laws and customs of their own. The kingdoms are Buganda, Kitara, and Karagwe.