Robin Agena is a special boy, brilliant, hardworking and disciplined. After his parents die of Aids however, Agenga gives in to peer pressure, and he changes for the worse. Only a miracle saves him from going d…

By Bob Kisiki. A lively and sensitive first person narrative of the life of a young boy in Uganda, particularly appealing to younger readers. Awazi Kati tells the story of his childhood and upbringing, and c…

By Laury L. Ocen. Awkwao is a gifted girl, very good at her studies and at athletics. One day she wins a gold medal in the four hundred metres hurdles, and this victory goes to her head. From that moment her…

Julius Ocwinyo is the author of the critically acclaimed novels, The Fate and the Banished and more recently, Footprints of the Outsider. Here he writes in the Fountain Living Youth Series, storybooks by some o…

By Rose Rwakasisi. Moses’ parents, Timothy and Phillipa, are both HIV-positive. The father still looks healthy but the mother is quite ill. This should have served as a warning to Moses against risky behavio…

This publication was inspired by a photographic exhibition’Uganda at a Glance’, hosted at the Nommo Gallery in Kampala. The result is a beautifully presented collection of photographs, and accompanying texts, w…

This handbook documents the key aspects of social cultural practices in Uganda. It is aimed at visitors to the country wishing to understand and adapt. The guide covers: local languages, Ugandan use of English,…

A more comprehensive, newly updated edition of the Uganda Districts Information Handbook. The guide newly includes colour maps for seven regional districts of Uganda: North-Western, Northern North-Eastern, East…

Approached from a socio-physiological perspective, this study examines with reference to Africa, the role of cultural and social capital in the efforts of individuals, communities and other networks to overcome…

This book examines how Ugandan society, the law and women’s violent crime interrelate. The author draws on her own research conducted with women prisoners and women living in polygamous families, to provide det…

Africa is a religiously plural society with interaction between people of different religions and diverse value systems. The author, Professor of Comparative Religion in Uganda, describes and compares the posit…

This book aims to provide an understanding of the rights of Muslims as practised in Uganda. On the one hand, it addresses some of perceptions, misconceptions and controversies around the cultural practices of I…

For some people, Obote is a Ugandan hero: the founder of the nation, a nationalist, pan- Africanist and socialist. To others, he was a tribalist, a regionalist and megalomaniac who ruled by the army and terrori…

These essays by East African university professors of law, trace the course of constitutional development in East Africa since independence, and analyse the trends of constitutionalism in 1999. The essays cover…

This book discusses the relationship between politics and power in East Africa from a historical perspective. The author examines how the exercise and contestation of political power and the role of leadership …

On 29 December 1997 Kenyans went to the polls to choose their president and parliamentary and civic representatives. Some earmarked the 1997 elections as perhaps the most important ones in the history of the co…

Full parliamentary democracy did not come quickly or easily to Tanzania. In 1962, the first constitution of Tanzania as an independent republic shifted power from parliament to the executive: specifically to th…

Miria Matembe is MP for Mbarara District in south western Uganda since 1996, and Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity. She tells the story of how she became a village-girl activist, tireless campaigner fo…

This study considers the role of civil society in Tanzania’s development and transition to democracy. It analyses the structures and management of civil groups, and their relationships with communities and gove…

This handbook sets out the relevant legislation, and explains the rationale behind the policy. It presents the legal framework of the local government system, and discusses the pertaining acts of parliament. Th…