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Education, History, Culture, and Languages

• "A bibliography of Karamoja, Uganda: books and articles published in English," by Michael D. Quam (1999). Electronic journal of Africana bibliography ; no. 5. -- Iowa City : University of Iowa Libraries, 1999.
  
  
• Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women, 1986-2001. Compiled by Shela Jhaveri and Margaret Snyder. (via Women of Uganda Network)
  An excerpt from a book edited by Joy Kwesiga and Aili Tripp, The new women's movement in Uganda (forthcoming in 2002).
  
  
• Buganda Home Page (Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State University, Ohio)
  • Buganda Home Page Focus on Language
    "Empandika y'Oluganda"--a primer in speaking and writing Luganda ; a Luganda grammar ; and related links.
  • "Buganda: a select bibliography, with bibliographical essay" (January 1996) by Mikael Karlström.
  
  
• Bukedde. (Online) -- Kampala, Uganda: New Vision Printing & Publishing Corporation, 2000 -
  Current daily issue in Luganda and a searchable archive -- since 2000 -- of the electronic version of this government-run newspaper.
  
  
• Busoga University (Iganga, Uganda) Founded in 1999.
  
  
• Center for African Music (Joel Isabirye et al. ; Kampala, Uganda)
  • The official website of the center (founded in 2002) --still under construction-- offers information about the popular music scene in Africa, including brief articles on musical artists and recent news.
  • Kora Awards 2003
  
  
• Central Buganda University (Kanoni-Gomba, Mpigi, Uganda)
  
  
• Centre for Basic Research (Kampala, Uganda)
  The CBR website provides detailed information on the various research projects and activities of the centre. As of July 1, 2003: many of the individual project reports and the publications lists are unavailable. "Centre for Basic Research (CBR) was established in 1988 as an educational trust...to generate and disseminate knowledge by conducting basic and applied research of social, economic and political significance to Uganda in particular and Africa in general, so as to influence policy, raise consciousness and improve quality of life."
  
  
• Centre for Conflict Resolution (Kampala, Uganda)
  The site offers downloadable research papers and information about the programmes of the centre.
  
  
• GandaAncestry.Com (Shrewsbury, New Jersey)
  This site features very basic cultural information on the Baganda, a Luganda crossword, a Luganda dictionary, "Ganda News", links to other Ganda cultural sites, and a subscription to a geneaology directory and other services.
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Uganda (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Documents & resources (Reports and statistics)
  • The development of education in Uganda in the last ten years, May 2001. (Uganda, Ministry of Education and Sports. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001) PDF format.
  
  
• Kampala International University, Uganda--Contact Information Only (via EnterUganda.Com, New Vision Printing and Publishing Corporation, Kampala, Uganda)
  
  
• Kasubi Tombs of the Buganda Kingdom, Kampala, Uganda UNESCO World Heritage Site
  (Kabaka Foundation, Kampala, Uganda)
  This site offers a photo gallery, illustrations, and historical summaries on the royal tombs.
  See also:
  --Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, official site for UNESCO World Heritage (Geneva, Switzerland)
  --1001 Wonders--Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi: an interactive virtual reality tour (panaphotographies)
  
  
• Kituo Cha Katiba -- East African Centre for Constitutional Development (Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)
  • The site provides general information about the centre's programmes, as well as an archive of legal documents and instruments, a list of cases pending in Uganda, a list of holdings in the centre's library, maps, other related information.
  • Regional and national laws (constitutions, treaties, orders of council, etc.)
  
  
• Makerere University Home Page (Kampala, Uganda)
  • Basic information on the university and its programs; with some photographs.
  • East African School of Library & Information Science
  • Makerere University School of Graduate Studies
  • Makerere University Business School
    
    
  • Makerere University Faculty of Law
    --Human Rights and Peace Centre

    "HURIPEC was set up to provide a focused intellectual and activist space to spearhead the promotion and protection of human rights and peace through a combination of teaching, research, documentation, public debate, seminars, and outreach programmes."

    --Refugee Law Project

    RLP Resources: Working Papers, Seminars, and Reports
    --including: Stakeholders' Dialogue--"Beyond Juba: Building Consensus on a Sustainable Peace Process in Uganda, December 1-3, 2006..." PDF format.
    
    
  • Makerere University Institute of Social Research
    "[The Institute] is the former East African Institute of Social Research (EAISR), which was established in 1948...In 1970, when Makerere University became a national University, the former EAISR became Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences...MISR regained its semi-autonomous status (independence from the Faculty of Social Sciences) in 1994."
  
  
• Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Mbarara, Uganda)
  
  
• MusicUganda.Com (Paul Mwandha et al., Music Uganda, Ltd., Kampala, Uganda)
  This website features popular music industry news, photographs, music reviews, and related links for Uganda and Africa in general.
  
  
• Nkumba University (Entebbe, Uganda) Since 1994
  
  
• Republic of Uganda: Ministry of Education and Sport (Kampala, Uganda)
  
  
• Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Kampala, Uganda)
  This official website includes a wealth of information about the activities of the bureau, links to web sites of several government ministries, and recent government statistics in HTML format, including the 2002 Census, information on education, health, labor, energy, migration, etc. In addition, the site includes a databank, with downloadable statistics in EXCEL format.
  
  
• Uganda Christian University, The Church of the Province of Uganda (Mukono, Uganda)
  
  
• Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala
  
  
• The Uganda Society (Kampala, Uganda ; via the University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center, Philadelphia)
  • Originally founded in 1923, in existence for a half century until the 1980s, and finally revived in 1994, the society has always sought to play a prominent role in scientific research and other scholarly pursuits in Uganda. It's main publication: The Uganda Journal.
  • The Uganda Society Newsletter. (Online) -- Kampala, Uganda : The Society ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : The University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center, 1995-
  • About the Uganda Society Library