May 2026

Kampala is a city of seven hills and on almost every hill stands a significant…

Uganda is one of the most deeply religious countries in the world — faith shapes…

Uganda's film industry has grown from near-zero in the early 2000s to a recognised national…

Nommo Gallery on Victoria Avenue in central Kampala is Uganda's oldest and most significant public…

Uganda's contemporary arts scene has developed largely outside international attention — but Kampala's creative ecosystem…

Kampala is East Africa's most underrated capital city for nightlife — a place where rooftop…

Uganda's music scene is one of East Africa's most creatively productive, generating internationally recognized artists…

Uganda offers exceptional craft shopping for travellers who know where to look and how to…

Beadwork in Uganda is far more than decoration — across the country's diverse ethnic groups,…

In 2008 UNESCO added bark cloth production of the Buganda Kingdom to its Representative List…

Uganda's craft traditions are among the most diverse in East Africa, and one of them…

Intore dance is one of the most spectacular and internationally recognised performing arts of the…

Kiganda dance is the traditional performing arts tradition of the Buganda Kingdom — Uganda's largest…

Music in Uganda has never been merely entertainment — before radio and recording, the amadinda…

The Bafumbira are one of Uganda's smaller but culturally significant ethnic groups, living in Kisoro…

The Bakiga — whose name translates from Rukiga as "people of the mountains" — are…

The Karamojong are the dominant people of Uganda's arid northeastern region of Karamoja — semi-nomadic…

The Acholi are one of Uganda's largest and most culturally distinct ethnic groups, inhabiting the…

The Batwa are Uganda's forest-dwelling indigenous people — hunter-gatherers who lived inside Bwindi Impenetrable Forest,…

The Banyankole are the people of Ankole — the highland grasslands of western Uganda stretching…

The Baganda — the people of the Buganda Kingdom — are Uganda's largest single ethnic…

Taking a Ugandan cooking class is one of the most immersive cultural activities available to…

Owino Market is Kampala's largest and most overwhelming market — a vast, dense, labyrinthine sprawl…

Nakasero Market is Kampala's most celebrated food market — the best-stocked, best-organised, and most photographed…