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"Founded in 2002, Afriart Gallery has since become a leading contemporary art gallery in Africa with a presence in two locations in Kampala. The gallery focuses on original forms of expression and dialogue with the public."
--See especially: Exhibitions

A digital library of over 5000 books, journals, and documents related to African policy issues; a directory of experts; plus, current news analysis and opinion articles.

"Established in 2009, African Writers Trust is a non-profit body, which coordinates and brings together African writers in the Diaspora and their counterparts on the continent to promote mutual sharing of skills and other resources, and to foster knowledge and learning between the two groups."

The website offers information about the activities of the centre, and includes downloadable reports and policy documents on child well-being in Uganda. 

--See also: AfriChild Centre Policy Briefs

Current daily issue in Luganda and a searchable archive -- since 2000 -- of the electronic version of this government-run newspaper.

"...Far from specialising in educational affairs as its name may suggest, The Campus Journal is a collection of run-after stories and insightful analyses on all issues of human interest."

The CBR website provides detailed information on the various research projects and activities of the centre. "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."

-- General information about the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
-- See: "Let's Tell This Story Properly," by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (2014) --via Granta.com, UK.

From the personal website of the American historian of colonial Kenya and colonial Uganda at the University of Michigan, this web page offers a summary of Peterson's activities in Uganda and features the downloadable copies of catalogues of the archives of the Ugandan government, including: Provincial Papers, Office of the President, Elections, and Public Works Department collections at the Uganda National Archives; and, the Tooro Kingdom ; District Archives of Kabarole, Hoima, Kabale, and Jinja, etc., some held at the Mountains of the Moon University

"The Global Music Archive is a multi-media archive and resource center for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and North and South America, with particular emphasis on the African Diaspora." The web site features a searchable database of the holdings of the digital collection of "East African recordings" (mostly Ugandan), streaming access to the recordings, a short bibliography, and a few related paper presentations.  The archive has an on-going collection-fieldwork component in Uganda--"under the direction of Mr. Centurio Balikoowa, one of East Africa's most respected musicians of traditional Ugandan musical performance."
--See also: Papers

An open access digital gallery of photographs from and about Uganda over the last century. "HIPUganda collects photographs by digitising them. Originals stay where they are. By sharing the photographs online HIPUganda opens up the possibility to relate to, respond to, and think about how Uganda’s history is (and is not) available in photographs...These collections include colonial archives and personal collections, images made in a professional context that could range from photojournalism to anthropology, the content of shoeboxes and albums, photographs made by Ugandan and non Ugandan professionals and amateurs."

[Founded in 1980 and incorporated in 2009 into the East African Community operational framework] the IUCEA has many goals; among the most important are to: enhance university support systems by developing, promoting and supporting student and staff exchange programmes; enhance curriculum development strategies and university leadership skills and competences; mainstream ICT into institutional core functions and general support operations; strengthen research support to universities; strengthen higher education quality assurance processes; and, establish a regional education research repository..."

From the personal website of the American historian of colonial Buganda and Uganda at Centre College, this web page provides links to a wide variety of guides to primary resources on Ugandan and modern East African history.

"For KAB20, Simon Njami has decided to invite 7 internationally renown artists to open their studios in Kampala to young Ugandan, East African, African and international artists."  The site features information about the forthcoming events, the internatonal African curatorial team, and the organization of previous biennales, including short video interviews.

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)

This website features popular music industry news, photographs, music reviews, and related links for Uganda and Africa in general.

Formerly Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, founded in 2001 by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri: The official web site of a community-based project with a wholistic approach to education for children and their families in southwestern Uganda. "To provide a high-quality, free education, both formal and informal, to children who have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS in order to counteract pervasive hunger, poverty and systemic deprivation."

The web site includes the archive of back issues since October 2007. "Start has been published four times as a printed magazine between 2007 and 2010, and has been online since December 2010. The website publishes thematic editions filled with special analysis, art critiques, artist interviews and other stories about the arts and culture scene in Kampala and beyond."

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.

"...registered as an NGO in 2007 and currently organizes more than 100 libraries..."

"...an NGO that works with youths aged 10–24 years who are vulnerable to exploitation and at risk to HIV/AIDs infection. Mission to Enhance socio-economic transformation of disadvantaged young people through advocacy, psychosocial and skills development for self–reliance and reintegration."
--See especially: UYDL Reports

The archival collections on Africa at Cambridge include selected issues of the Church Missionary Intelligencer, Donald Anthony Low Papers (esp. Uganda), Mary Margaret Louise Pirouet Papers (esp. Uganda), Audrey Richards Papers (East and Southern Africa), and Eridadi M.K. Mulira Papers (Uganda). This web site offers finding aids for each of these collections, digitized versions of the CM Intelligencer, as well as the Richards and Mulira papers, and links to other Africa-related distinctive materials discoverable through the university library's catalog.