Uganda

Musa Hasahya Kasera says his vast family includes 12 wives, 102 children and as many as 578 grandchildren. Musa Hasahya Kasera has so many children he can’t remember most of their names. The Ugandan villager…

As day breaks over the heads of the clubbers on a Kampala rooftop, arms are raised in unison as they dance on to the bass-heavy tracks. Florence Lugemwa has only been Dj-ing for a few weeks but had the party going until after sunrise. …

The son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has turned out to be an army general who has gained notoriety for politically explosive tweets that have sent local and regional politics into a tailspin.

When I started talking about mental health, my brother pulled me aside and said, "You want to tell people you're crazy?" Here in Uganda specifically, that is a big taboo. My name is Emily Banya, co-founder of Utalii Creative. Around…

I was 12 when my dad was told he had HIV, he was shocked and went into self-destruct mode. He would drink, have fun with friends and try to do everything to excess. Eventually, he sobered up. I think he thought about his young children…

Mwai Kibaki, who has died aged 90, stood at the crossroads of fundamental political change in Kenya, often without knowing the scale of the forces he was helping to unleash. He served as the country’s third president, from 2002 to 2013;…

Ugandan film producer Raymond Malinga, whose work will feature in an upcoming Disney anthology of animated films from across Africa, hopes the project will bring African animation to the world. "Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire", is a…

Knowing the powerful effect of nude protests, astute Ugandan academic and activist Stella Nyanzi, resorted to using this medium to express her displeasure in recent years. “I think that my private nudity is my private nudity, but…

Losing one's home is nearly tantamount to losing your identity and your sense of belonging and this is exactly how the Batwa people of Uganda feel. Nearly three decades ago, the Batwa were evicted from their ancestral forest homes in a…

This is a story of a woman whose life well-planned life was tossed out of the window before she could realise all her aspirations.